Alidade
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0736.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- H-45936
- LOCATION
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON/ GLASS SPIRIT LEVEL BOBBLES, MIRROR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.0 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 23.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Cloud height & motion measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Westinghouse
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Hamilton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940'S TO EARLY 1950'S
- Canada
-
INSTRUMENT MADE BY CANADIAN COMPANY, USED BY CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT USED TO DETERMINE CLOUD HEIGHT BY MEASURING THE ALTITUDE OF A SPOT OF LIGHT PROJECTED ONTO THE CLOUD BASE. - Technical
-
THE CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE ALIDADE WAS USED BY MSC IN THE 1940'S; BY THE EARLY OR MID 1950'S THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE WAS USING ITS ITS OWN MSC TYPE A, & LATER TYPE B ALIDADES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black lettering and markings on scale reading 'CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE CO., LTD., ALIDADE FOR 71o 34' ELEVATION, HAMILTON. CANADA, STYLE NO. H-45936'.
- Missing
- From CA of 11/04/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED/ PLATED PARTS/ BRUSHED METAL SCALE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd., Alidade, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1987.0736, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0736.001/
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