Indicator, wind speed & direction
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FLASHING LIGHT
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0792.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DOT Air Services Branch
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASING WITH BAKELITE FRONT PANEL/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS/ METAL PARTS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKINGPARTS/ GLASS BULBS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.5 cm
- Width
- 20.3 cm
- Height
- 10.0 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
- MSC
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
A CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE INSTRUMENT FORMING PART OF THE M.S.C. PATTERSON ANEMOMETER SYSTEM USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR DECADES. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT DISPLAYS WIND DIRECTION & SPEED DATA FROM A SEPARATE ANEMOMETER IN THE FORM OF FLASHING LIGHTS. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST VERSION (WOOD CASING) OF THE M.S.C. FLASHING LIGHT INDICATOR USED WITH THE PATTERSON ANEMOVANE OF C. 1940 (SECOND VERSION?); IN 1942 IT WAS REPLACED BY AN INDICATOR WITH A STEEL CASING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- White hand painted lettering in interior reading 'W.B.WI.29'/ red lettering incised on bakelite for control functions.
- Missing
- KNOB? From CA of 11/30/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED BROWN AND VARNISHED/ BLACK FRONT PANEL AND KNOBS/ METALLIC PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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DOT Air Services Branch, Indicator, wind speed & direction, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1987.0792, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0792.001/
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