chart drum recorder
Datelate 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number1996-1-0425
ClassificationChronograph
Subject
Maker
American
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Cultural Region
Dimensions36 × 67 × 29.5 cm (14 3/16 × 26 3/8 × 11 5/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionAn electrically operated recording device, consisting of a rectangular four-footed painted metal base on which is mounted a controller connected to a rotating drum by a geared mechanism. The drum is designed to hold a paper chart, and a movable recording head is mounted on a track parallel to the drum. A brass assembly consisting of 4 pillars supports a plate topped with a pair of electrical coils connected to a governor. The assembly sits on a brass box, which is connected to the drum and recording head assembly.
Signedunsigned
FunctionData and time recording device.
American
Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: A metal crank handle; a metal crank handle with a wooden knob
Object number: 1996-1-0332
International Instrument Company
Date: circa 1892
Accessories: duplicate of nameplate (1997-1-1847b); pulley
Object number: 1997-1-1847
International Instrument Company
Date: circa 1892
Object number: 1997-1-1847b
Weathertronics
Date: circa 1960
Accessories: two inkbottles; 6 pens;1 package of charts (obtained from Robert E. White Instruments, Inc. Boston, Tel. 617- 742-3045)
Object number: 1999-1-0042
Julien P. Friez & Sons
Date: circa 1920
Accessories: hair recording hygrometer
Object number: DW0639
Sterling P. Fergusson
Date: date 1888
Accessories: Instruction pamphlet
Object number: 1996-1-0088
Harvard Apparatus Company
Date: 1902-1912
Accessories: three rolls of white paper; fans (4)
Object number: 1999-1-0011a