Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

Temperature bath

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

metal frame containing metal and synthetic components/ synthetic (arborite?) counter top, calibration component panel, control unit casing/ metal and synthetic controls and parts/ synthetic foam parts/ rubber? covered wheels

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

94,0 cm

Largeur

48,5 cm

Hauteur

132,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Météorologie

Catégorie

Divers

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

MSC

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

Inconnu

Canada

A meteorological calibration instrument designed and made by the Meteorological Service of Canada. Part of a large collection of meteorological instruments acquired from the Meteorological Service of Canada (previously Atmospheric Environment Service) by the CSTM since 1967. MSC is the government agency responsible for collecting and disseminating meteorological data and forecasts in Canada. It was founded in 1871 in Toronto where it is still headquartered. The MSC was originally on the University of Toronto downtown campus but moved to Downsview in 1971 on land owned by UofT. The headquarters houses laboratories, research facilities and calibration and instrument maintenance facilities (now largely contracted out).

Fonction

An instrument used in a meteorological instrument laboratory to calibrate thermometers.

Technique

An example of an apparatus used in a laboratory for the calibration of meteorological thermometers. The end of a thermometer was submersed in the bath section of the apparatus at a controlled temperature and the thermometer was verified against a standard thermometer. The comparisons were done at specified temperatures so the calibration curve could be seen. The curve is not just affected by the zero or 100 C point but also by the consistency of the tube diameter along the length (R.C. Brooks, Nov. 2006).

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

label with bar code on counter top reads '0001-558/ [bar code]/ 5077-00286 RCSQ-V/ BATH'/ plate on part reads 'GOVERNMENT OF CANADA/ METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH/ INSTRUMENT DIVISION/ CALIBRATION UNIT/ C-16-O49C/ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT'/ lettering on control panel reads in part 'MAIN SWITCH TIMER HEATER/ BATH II'

Manque

unknown - body has no casing

Fini

white counter top/ off-white panel for calibration component mounted on counter top with grey painted calibration unit casing, black foam parts, plated parts, white synthetic knob, multicoloured wire coverings/ of-white synthetic control unit casing with red lamps, black and white knobs, plated handles, metallic switch/ grey metal frame containing multicoloured metal and synthetic components

Décoration

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