Anemometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTATION/WINDMILL/KINGSTON LONG SHAFT
- DATE
- 1876–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0508.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE/ CAST METAL BASE/ METAL VANES/ BRASS AND STEEL MECHANISM/ BRASS ARROW & PARTS/ 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
- 52.5 cm
- Width
- 31.0 cm
- Height
- 50.6 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1878 TO C. 1900
- Canada
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A WINDMILL ANEMOMETER OF THE TYPE USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN THE LASTQUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY. IT WAS PROBABLY DESIGNED BY OR UNDER THE AUSPICES OF PROFESSOR GEORGE KINGSTON, DIRECTOR OF THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FROM 1855 TO 1880, & BUILT IN CANADA. - Function
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AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES WIND DIRECTION BY MEANS OF A WINDMILL WIND VANE, WITH THE VANE ORIENTATION CONVEYED MECHANICALLY TO AN INDICATOR BY MEANS OF A LONG SHAFT. - Technical
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THIS INSTRUMENT WAS CONSIDERED A MAJOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE MEASUREMENT OF WIND DIRECTION; ACCORDING TO KINGSTON WINDMILL VANES HAVE LESS OSCILLATION THAN OTHER TYPES. THE LONG TUBULAR SHAFT IS ACTED UPON BYA DUAL WINDMILL VANE MOUNTED ON HIGH, ITSELF ACTING UPON A DIAL INDICATOR PLACE BELOW. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plaque on wood base reads 'METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE/ OF CANADA/ 186'.
- Missing
- DIAL INDICATOR/ LONG SHAFT From CA of 11/08/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED BASE & POST/ WHITE PAINTED VANES/ BRASS COLOURED ARROW, MECHANISM, & PARTS/ BROWN VARNISHED WOOD/ CLEAR, COLOURLESS SYNTHETIC.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Anemometer, between 1876–1900, Artifact no. 1987.0508, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0508.001/
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