Anemometer

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OBJECT TYPE: ROTATION/3 CUP/TOTALIZING/DIGITAL DIAL/CONICAL CUP
DATE: 1948
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0751.001

MANUFACTURER: Bendix Aviation Corp.
MODEL: 349
LOCATION: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 6552
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING/ GLASS DIAL COVER

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 34.0 cm
Height: 44.0 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: Bendix
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Maryland
City: Baltimore

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES WIND VELOCITY BY MEANS OF A CUPWHEEL, INDICATING ON A DIGITAL DIAL INDICATOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT (E.G. IN MILES) OF WINDPASSING THE POINT OF OBSERVATION OVER A GIVEN TIME. THE DIAL CAN BE READ FROM BELOW WITH BINOCULARS.
Technical: IN THE MECHANICAL TOTALIZING ANEMOMETER, THE MOVEMENT OF THE CUPWHEEL IS TRANSMITTED BY MEANS OF A SPINDLE TO THE DIGITAL COUNTER READING MILES IN 1000'S &FRACTIONS, SUCH AS 10THS & 100THS. THE RATIO OF THE DISTANCE TRAVELLED BY THE WIND TO THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY THE CUPS IS THE FACTOR OF THE ANEMOMETER & IS ALLOWED FOR IN THE CALIBRATION OF THE INSTRUMENT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate reading 'TOTALIZIING ANEMOMETER/ 1 MILE AND 1/60 MILE CONTACTS/ MODEL NO. 349 SERIAL NO. 6552/ U.S. PATENT NO. 2,150,489/ BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION/ FRIEZ INSTRUMENT DIVISION BALTIMORE, MD'.
Missing: From CA of 12/06/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: GREY ENAMEL PAINTED DIAL CASING AND SHAFT/ FLAT GREY PAINTED CUP ASSEMBLY/ BLACK AND WHITE DIAL
Decoration: N/A

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Bendix Aviation Corp., Anemometer, circa 1948, Artifact no. 1987.0751, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0751.001/

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