General Information

Serial #

WP17475

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAME/ GLASS TUBE/ SYNTHETIC SCALE/ RUBBER HOSE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

26.7 cm

Width

24.0 cm

Height

100.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Wallace Tiernan

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Belleville

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1950S+

Canada

AMERICAN MADE INSTRUMENT USED BY METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA IN ITS INSTRUMENT LABORATORIES, PROBABLY TO CALIBRATE MSC DESIGNED & BUILT BAROMETERS AS WELL OTHER BAROMETERS.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED AS LABORATORY STANDARD FOR MEASUREMENTS OF PRESSURES FROM 0 TO 1080 MB OF MERCURY. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO CALIBRATE MERCURY BAROMETERS IN METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENT LABORATORY.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF LABORATORY STANDARD MERCURYMANOMETER MARKETED FOR SEVERAL DECADES (SEE SUPP INFO. FOR WALLACE & TIERNAN TRADE LITERATURE DATED 1945, 1956, 1983 FOR FA-135 MANOMETER).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 1080 MB ON SCALE & LETTERING READING "WALLACE & TIERNAN PRODUCTS INC TYPE FA-135 SERIAL NO. WP17475 MILLIBARS"/ PLATE READING "WALLACE & TIERNAN PRODUCTS INC/ BELLEVILLE - NEW JERSEY/ MECH No FA135/ SERIAL No WP17475"/ LABEL READING "GOVERNMENT OF CANADA/ METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH/ INSTRUMENT DIVISION/ CALIBRATION UNIT/ C16-015A WP17475/ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 04/28/2004 by Sue Warren: No - Complete

Finish

BASE PAINTED TEXTURED BLACK/ FRAME PAINTED BLACK/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT TUBE/ BLACK HOSE

Decoration

N/A