Anemometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- VANE/ELECTRICAL
- DATE
- 1930–1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0501.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL (BRASS?) ANEMOMETER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.5 cm
- Width
- 5.5 cm
- Height
- 14.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Fire fighting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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FROM COLLECTION OF FORESTRY & FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT USED BY & ACQUIRED FROM PNFI. FOUNDED IN 1918, IT WAS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING FORESTRY-RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT IN CANADA UNTIL IT CLOSED IN 1995. PNFI STUDIED GROWTH OF VARIOUS SPECIES & FOREST MANAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FIRE PREVENTION & SUPPRESSION. - Function
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HAND-HELD INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES WIND BY MEANS OF SET OF VANES, ROTATION OF WHICH ACTS UPON GEARED MECHANISM WHICH MAKES ELECTRIC CONTACT; ANEMOMETER WOULD BE ATTACHED TO RECORDER OR INDICATOR. - Technical
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SMALL HAND HELD ANEMOMETER OR AIRMETER. WIND VANE ASSEMBLY SOMEWHAT RESEMBLES THAT OF PORTABLE AIR METER SHOWN IN MANY CATALOGUES FROM 1930'S TO 1950'S (SEE REF.); IT WOULD BE MOUNTED ON DIAL INDICATOR. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- WIND SPEED INDICATOR Handle
- Finish
- PLATED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Anemometer, between 1930–1939, Artifact no. 1996.0501, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0501.001/
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