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

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

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

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

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