Anemograph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RECORDER/ELECTRICAL
- DATE
- 1947
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0772.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- A2
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 17-47
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON BASE/ METAL COVER WITH FOUR GLAZED SIDES/ METAL MECHANISM/ SYNTHETIC ELECTROMAGNET COVERING, PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 22.0 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
- LATE 1940'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; SUCCESSIVE VARIATIONS 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
-
A 1940'S EXAMPLE OF THE EVENT RECORDER DEVELOPED BY M.S.C. IN THE 1930'S & USED AS ANEMOGRAPHS & RAIN GAUGE RECORDERS, THIS IS THE LATER TYPE A INSTRUMENT, THE MSC TYPE A-2. IT HAS 1 PEN FOR VELOCITY & 2 FORDIRECTION, ONE RECORDING NORTH-SOUTH, THE OTHER EAST-WEST, & BOTH ARE USED FOR INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised white lettering on base reading 'M.S.C./17-47'
- Missing
- GLASS BROKEN FOUR SIDES, MISSING FROM TWO. From CA of 12/29/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes
- Finish
- BLACK WRINKLE FINISH ON CASING, BASE, AND MOUNT FOR MECHANISM/ METALLLIC DRUM AND PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Anemograph, 1947, Artifact no. 1987.0772, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0772.001/
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