Anemometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTATION/4 CUP/KINGSTON LONG SHAFT/ MECHANICAL/HEMISPHERICAL CUP
- DATE
- 1876–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0507.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BASE/ CAST METAL BASE/ METAL CUPS/ BRASS AND STEEL MECHANISM/ SYNTHETIC WINDOW IN CASING.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 52.0 cm
- Width
- 52.0 cm
- Height
- 44.5 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
- C. 1876 TO C. 1900
- Canada
-
AN ANEMOMETER OF THE TYPE USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DESIGNED & BUILT IN CANADA UNDER THE AUSPICES OF PROFESSOR GEORGE KINGSTON, DIRECTOR OF THE CANADIAN SERVICE FROM 1855 TO 1880. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES WIND SPEED BY MEANS OF A CUPWHEEL, WITH THE MEASUREMENTS CONVEYED MECHANICALLY TO AN INDICATOR BY MEANS OF A LONG SHAFT. - Technical
-
A mechanical anemometer characterized by a long tubular shaft which is acted upon by a cupwheel mounted on high, itself acting upon a dial indicator placed below. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plaque on wood base reads 'METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE/ OF CANADA/ 1876'
- Missing
- DIAL INDICATOR/ LONG SHAFT
- Finish
- METAL PAINTED GREY/ BRASS & METALLIC PARTS/ BROWN VARNISHED WOOD/ CLEAR, COLOURLESS SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Anemometer, between 1876–1900, Artifact no. 1987.0507, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0507.001/
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