unknown object used for meteorological purposes
Dateearly 20th Century
Inventory Number1998-1-0868
ClassificationMeteorology
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions8.4 × 7 × 7 cm (3 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Material
DescriptionAn unknown instrument or part of an instrument used for meterological purposes. The instrument consists of a metal cylinder, with a cavity bored from top to bottom. A piece of hose or pipe, narrowing to a nozzle at one end, is attached inside, near one end of the opening, and is positioned along the length of the cavity.
The cylinder has a brass adjustment knob on one side of the top surface. The bottom end of the cylinder has a lip or base.
The cylinder has a brass adjustment knob on one side of the top surface. The bottom end of the cylinder has a lip or base.
Signedunsigned
FunctionUnknown.
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Date: circa 1958
Object number: 1998-1-0628
American
Date: 1870-1930
Accessories: small rubber hose; tiny metal clamp-like component
Object number: 1996-1-0426
Carl Zeiss Jena
Date: circa 1926
Accessories: wooden box with two hook-and-eye latches to fasten front opening; in instrument file: instruction book (photocopy); Geissler tube labeled "H2"; carboard tube containing German thermometer C in stainless steel holder that screws into instrument; glass bottle with cork stopper labeled "Monobromnaphthalin, Germany nD=1 658"; small round cardboard box labeled "For Pulfrich Refractometer" containing one tubulure
Object number: 1996-1-0229
Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Date: circa 1955
Accessories: instructions attached to underside of box lid
Object number: 1996-1-0276
Thayer & Chandler
Date: 20th Century
Accessories: instructions (with instrument)
Object number: WJ0634
Rudolph Koenig
Date: 1865-1890
Object number: 1997-1-0919
