Cathetometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0308.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Casella
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 443
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS METAL TRIPOD BASE, UPRIGHT, TELESCOPE COLLAR, PARTS/ BRASS TELESCOPE CASING, PILLARS, ADJUSTING KNOBS, PARTS/ GLASS OBJECTIVE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 42.0 cm
- Width
- 36.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Pneumatics & air pressure
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Casella
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1940S+
- Canada
-
FROM LABORATORY OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS. - Function
-
DEVICE FOR PRECISELY MEASURING THE HEIGHT OF FLUIDS IN TUBES AS IN MANOMETERS, MERCURY BAROMETERS, ETC. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF BRITISH MADE CIRCA 1940S PRECISION MEASURING INSTRUMENT USED IN CALIBRATION AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF OTHER SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED GOLD LETTERING ON TELESCOPE COLLAR READING "CASELLA LONDON/ No 443"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 02/12/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- MOTTLED GREEN PAINTED BASE, UPRIGHT, COLLAR/ BRASS COLOURED PILLARS, TELESCOPE CASING, KNOBS, PARTS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Casella, Cathetometer, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1995.0308, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.0308.001/
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