General Information

Serial #

87

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON BASE/ HINGED METAL COVER WITH FIVE GLAZED SIDES/ METAL INCLUDING BRASS, MECHANISM/ BAKELITE STRIP FOR TERMINALS/ SYNTHETIC ELECTROMAGNET COVERING

Dimensions

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

Length

38.0 cm

Width

22.9 cm

Height

20.5 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

1930's

Canada

A RECORDER USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE WITH THE ANEMOMETER DEVELOPED BY JOHN PATTERSON OF M.S.C. IN THE 1920'S; SUCCEEDING VERSIONS OF THIS WERE USED FOR DECADES BY THE CANADIAN SERVICE.

Function

A RECORDER FOR WIND SPEED & DIRECTION DATA RECEIVED FROM A SEPARATE ANEMOMETER, WHICH REGISTERS THE DATA ON A PAPER CHART.

Technical

AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE EVENTRECORDER DEVELOPED BY M.S.C. & USED AS ANEMOGRAPHS & RAIN GAUGE RECORDERS; IT MAY BE CONSIDERED THE FIRST MSC TYPE A ANEMOGRAPH. IT HAS 2 PENS FOR DIRECTION & 1 FOR VELOCITY; OF THE FORMER, ONE RECORDS NORTH-SOUTH, THE OTHER EAST-WEST, & BOTH ARE USED FOR INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Incised lettering on bakelite reading 'M.S.C./ NO.87'/ Decal reading 'WIND' & 'WIND DAILY'.

Missing

GLASS CRACKED ON FOUR SIDES. From CA of 11/05/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED BASE/ PLATED COVER FRAME/ PLATED, BRASS COLOURED AND METALLIC WORKING PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ BLACK BAKELITE

Decoration

N/A