General Information

Serial #

24.37

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON BASE/ HINGED METAL COVER WITH FIVE GLASSED SIDES/ METAL MECHANISM/ RUBBER FEET/ 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

37.1 cm

Width

23.0 cm

Height

20.6 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

MSC

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

LATE 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; SUCCESSIVE 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

A FAIRLY EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE EVENT RECORDER DEVELOPED BY M.S.C. IN THE 1930'S & USED AS ANEMOGRAPHS & RAIN GAUGE RECORDERS; IT MAY BECONSIDERED THE 2ND MSC TYPE ARECORDER. IT HAS 1 PEN FOR VELOCITY & 2 FOR DIRECTION, ONE FOR NORTH-SOUTH, THE OTHER FOR EAST WEST, & BOTH ARE USED FOR INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Incised lettering on base reading 'M.S.C./24.37'.

Missing

ONE PEN From CA of 11/04/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

METALLIC FINISH ON BASE AND COVER/ METALLIC MECHANISM PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A