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- OBJECT TYPE
- RECORDER/ELECTRICAL/PERFORATION
- DATE
- 1900–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0765.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FOSTER
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- 1907
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SLATE? BASE/ WOOD BASE & TOP FRAME WITH HINGED COVER/ GLASS COVER SIDES & TOP/ BRASS AND METAL MECHANISM/ SYNTHETIC ELECTRO-MAGNET COVERING, PARTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 57.5 cm
- Width
- 32.2 cm
- Height
- 23.0 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
- FOSTER
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1900 INTO 1920'S
- Canada
-
A WIND MEASURING SYSTEM DESIGNED & BUILT BY A CANADIAN COMPANY FOR USE BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. - Function
-
RECORDER AND REGISTER FOR DATA FROM SEPARATE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION MEASURING DEVICE. - Technical
-
AN ANEMOGRAPH WHICH CREATES A RECORD BY MAKING SMALL PERFORATIONS IN A PAPER CHART, RATHER THAN THE MORE USUAL METHOD OF WRITING UPON IT WITH PEN & INK. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised lettering on drum mount part reading 'FOSTER/ TORONTO/ 1907'.
- Missing
- CLOCK
- Finish
- BLACK BASE/ VARNISHED BROWN WOOD/ METALLIC, PLATED, AND BRASSCOLOURED METAL/ BLACK SYNTHETIC.
- Decoration
- N/A
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FOSTER, Anemograph, between 1900–1930, Artifact no. 1987.0765, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0765.001/
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