Power & relay unit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FLASHING LIGHT INDICATOR
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0797.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- U2
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- 48
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.4 cm
- Width
- 16.7 cm
- Height
- 19.0 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
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- PROBABLY 1950'S
- Canada
-
A COMPONENT OF A WIND MEASURING SYSTEM DESIGNED & USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE & MADE IN CANADA. - Function
-
A DEVICE WHICH PROVIDES POWER & RELAY FUNCTIONS FOR M.S.C.'S AIRPORT ANEMOMETER SYSTEM. - Technical
-
U2 POWER & RELAY UNITS APPEAR ON M.S.C.'S 1952 & 1958 LISTS OF INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT IN USE IN THE CANADIAN SERVICE, BUT NOT ON LATER LISTS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised red lettering on one side reading 'M.S.C./ P.& R.U./ TYPE U2/ NO.48' & for control functions
- Missing
- From CA of 12/08/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- MOTTLED GREY ENAMELED CASING
- Decoration
- N/A
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