General Information

Serial #

108-53

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BASE, MECHANISM AND PARTS/ SYNTHETIC COVER AND PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

39.8 cm

Width

19.4 cm

Height

21.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Surface wind speed & direction measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Environment CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1950'S

Canada

A RECORDER USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE WITH THE ANEMOMETER DEVELOPED BY JOHN PATTERSON OF M.S.C. IN THE 1920'S; SUCCESSIVE VERSIONS OF THIS WERE USED FOR DECADES BY THE CANADIAN SERVICE.

Function

A RECORDER FOR WIND SPEED & DIRECTION DATA RECEIVED FROM A SEPARATE ANEMOMETER, WHICH ARE REEGISTERED ON A PAPER CHART.

Technical

THE MSC TYPE B ANEMOGRAPH IS THE 1950'S VERSION OF THE EVENT RECORDER DEVELOPED BY M.S.C IN THE 1930'S & USED AS ANEMOGRAPHS & RAIN GAUGE RECORDERS. IT HAS 1 PEN FOR VELOCITY & 2 FOR DIRECTION, ONE OF WHICH RECORDS NORTH-SOUTH, THE OTHER EAST-WEST, WITH BOTH USED FOR INTERMEDIATEDIRECTIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED LETTERING ON BASE READING 'M.S.C./ ANEMOGRAPH/ TYPE B NO 108-53'/ BLACK LETTERING ON CLOCK BASE READING 'M.S.C./ A-339'/ HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON SIDE '12V D.C.'

Missing

From CA of 11/04/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined 1 Foot missing - Briana Ippolito Feb 20, 2022

Finish

MOTTLED BROWN ENAMEL PAINTED BASE/ PLATED, METALLIC AND BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT COVER/ BLACK SYNTHETIC FEET AND PARTS

Decoration

N/A