Anemometer cup wheel

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OBJECT TYPE: 3 CUP/CONICAL/BEADED/FLAT EDGE
DATE: 1942–1951
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0760.001

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: ALUMINUM? CUPS/ METAL HUB

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 31.3 cm
Height: 13.2 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: 1940'S
Canada: A FORM OF ANEMOMETER CUPWHEEL MADE & USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE ON ITS OWN PATTERSON ANEMOVANE/ANEMOMETER 45B WHICH WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 1920'S & USED BY THE SERVICE AT LEAST INTO THE 1980'S.
Function: PART OF ANENOMETER THAT IS ROTATED BY WIND FOR MEASUREMENT OF WIND SPEED.
Technical: IN 1926 JOHN PATTERSON OF THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE INTRODUCED THE 3 CUP ANEMOMETER; BEADED FLAT EDGED CUPS WITH SPOKES ACROSS THE FRONT WERE INTRODUCED ON CANADIAN ANEMOMETERS BETWEEN 1942 & 1946, &BY 1951 THE SPOKES HAD DISAPPEARED.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Handwriting on attached adhesive tape reading 'OLD STYLE CUPS/ FROM ANEMOMETER 195/50'.
Missing: From CA of 12/06/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: METALLIC
Decoration: N/A

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Meteorological Service of Canada, Anemometer cup wheel, between 1942–1951, Artifact no. 1987.0760, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0760.001/

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