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nipher shield

nipher shield

Datecirca 1886
Inventory Number1996-1-0183b
ClassificationNipher Shield
Subject
    Maker A. Lawrence Rotch 1861 - 1912
    User Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory 1885-present
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Place of Use
          Dimensions38 × 64 × 64 cm (14 15/16 × 25 3/16 × 25 3/16 in.)
          Material
            Accessoriespart of 1996-1-0183b
            Signedunsigned
            FunctionDesigned to go around snow gauge (see 1996-10183a, BHO 135).
            ProvenanceFrom the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory.
            plate for pressure plate anemometer
            plate for pressure plate anemometer
            A. Lawrence Rotch
            Date: circa 1888
            Object number: 1996-1-0137a
            self-recording pressure plate anemometer
            self-recording pressure plate anemometer
            A. Lawrence Rotch
            Date: circa 1888
            Object number: 1996-1-0137
            maximum gust anemometer
            maximum gust anemometer
            A. Lawrence Rotch
            Date: circa 1886
            Object number: 1996-1-0136
            membership certificate given to Lawrence Rotch
            membership certificate given to Lawrence Rotch
            A. Lawrence Rotch
            Date: 1890-1900
            Object number: 1998-1-1077
            rubber eye shield
            rubber eye shield
            Edmund Salvage Company
            Date: 1942-1950
            Object number: 2006-1-0041
            rubber eye shield
            rubber eye shield
            Edmund Salvage Company
            Date: 1942-1950
            Object number: 2006-1-0042
            kite
            kite
            Lawrence Hargrave
            Date: 1896
            Accessories: long wooden storage box for kite
            Object number: 1996-1-0083
            3 bubble levels
            3 bubble levels
            Lawrence Scientific School
            Date: 1900-1950
            Object number: 1998-1-1834
            chart paper
            chart paper
            Heath Company
            Date: ca. 1950s-1960s
            Accessories: cardboard box, extra rectangular piece of cardboard, and cellophane shrink-wrap. Is a part of ph recording electrometer 1996-1-0460a)
            Object number: 1996-1-0460b
            wire wind screen for precipitation gage
            wire wind screen for precipitation gage
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: 1886
            Accessories: part of 1996-1-0144a, b.
            Object number: 1996-1-0184
            stand for Jamin-type interferometer
            stand for Jamin-type interferometer
            Louis Jules Duboscq
            Date: 1860-1880
            Accessories: mirrors (2) (separately cataloged as 1996-1-0699c and 1996-1-0700); compensator (1996-1-0703a)
            Object number: 1996-1-0699a
            mount parts and shield for beta-ray spectrometer
            mount parts and shield for beta-ray spectrometer
            Walter L. Brown
            Date: 1947-1951
            Accessories: spectrometer magnet and tripod (RS0326); spectrometer cavity (RS0326a); mount parts (RS0326b and rs0326c)
            Object number: RS0326b