Power & timing unit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FLASHING LIGHT INDICATOR
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0798.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DOT Meteorological Div.
- MODEL
- D
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- D-83
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC POWER CORD COVERING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.2 cm
- Width
- 11.7 cm
- Height
- 19.1 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- LATE 1940'S? TO MID 1950'S
- Canada
-
A CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE INSTRUMENT, PART OF THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE'S PATTERSON ANEMOMETER SYSTEM. - Function
-
A DEVICE WHICH SUPPLIES POWER & PERFORMS TIMING FUNCTIONS FOR A VARIETY OF METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING FLASHING LIGHT WIND INDICATORS. - Technical
-
A M.S.C. POWER & TIMING UNIT USED WITH THE M.S.C. TYPE 45 ANEMOMETER C. 1951; BY 1958 IT HAD BEEN SUPPLANTED BY THE TYPE D1 UNIT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised red lettering on one side reading 'D.O.T. MET. DIV. 60 CYCLE/ P.& T. UNIT NO.D-83'.
- Missing
- From CA of 12/08/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ BLACK POWER CORD
- Decoration
- N/A
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DOT Meteorological Div., Power & timing unit, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1987.0798, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0798.001/
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