Anemometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTATION/CUP/MECHANICAL/KINGSTON TYPE LONG SHAFT (POSSIBLY)
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0753.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON? CASING/ BRASS MECHANISM
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.4 cm
- Width
- 15.6 cm
- Height
- 43.8 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
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POSSIBLY 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 GEORGEKINGSTON, DIRECTOR OF THE CANADIAN SERVICE FROM 1855 TO 1880. - Function
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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
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POSSIBLY A MECHANICAL LONG SHAFT ANEMOMETER, CHARACTERIZED BY A LONG TUBULAR SHAFT WHICH IS ACTED UPON BY A CUPWHEEL MOUNTED ON HIGH, & ITSELF ACTING UPON A DIAL INDICATOR BELOW. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- CUPWHEEL ASSEMBLY/ CASING SIDE/ LONG SHAFT/ DIAL INDICATOR From CA of 12/10/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing cup wheels
- Finish
- PAINTED GREEN
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Anemometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0753, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0753.001/
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