Balloon
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SOUNDING
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1974.0090.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GRACE, W.R. & CO.
- MODEL
- DARAX BALLOONS
- LOCATION
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- J6S-15SP-1000
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Rubber
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Upper air pressure, temperature & humidity measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GRACE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Cambridge
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Type of balloon used by the Canadian meteorological service. - Function
-
Used to lift meteorological instruments into upper atmosphere in orderto take measurements of air pressure, temperature, humidity, etc. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Marked 'DAREX BALLOONS. J6A-15SP-1000./ Dewey and Almy Chemical Division/ W.R. Grace & Co., Cambridge, Mass., U.S.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Brown
- Decoration
- N/A
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GRACE, W.R. & CO., Balloon, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1974.0090, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1974.0090.001/
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