Power & timing unit
Use this image
Can I reuse this image without permission? Yes
Object images on the Ingenium Collection’s portal have the following Creative Commons license:
Copyright Ingenium / CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
ATTRIBUTE THIS IMAGE
Ingenium,
1987.0801.001
Permalink:
Ingenium is releasing this image under the Creative Commons licensing framework, and encourages downloading and reuse for non-commercial purposes. Please acknowledge Ingenium and cite the artifact number.
DOWNLOAD IMAGEPURCHASE THIS IMAGE
This image is free for non-commercial use.
For commercial use, please consult our Reproduction Fees and contact us to purchase the image.
- OBJECT TYPE
- FLASHING LIGHT INDICATOR
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0801.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DOT Meteorological Div.
- MODEL
- D1
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- D1-252
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC PARTS
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
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 19.2 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
- MID? 1950'S UNTIL AT LEAST 1982
- 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
-
THIS POWER & TIMING UNIT WAS USED WITH THE M.S.C. TYPE 45B ANEMOMETER FROM SOMETIME IN THE MID 1950'S ONWARD; IT SUPPLANTED THE TYPE DUNIT USED WITH THE TYPE 45 ANEMOVANE IN 1951. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised red lettering on frontreading 'D.O.T. MET. DIV. 60 CYCLES/ P. & T. UNIT TYPE D1-252'.
- Missing
- POWER CORD From CA of 12/08/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ MULTI-COLOURED SYNTHETIC.
- Decoration
- N/A
CITE THIS OBJECT
If you choose to share our information about this collection object, please cite:
DOT Meteorological Div., Power & timing unit, after 1951, Artifact no. 1987.0801, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0801.001/
FEEDBACK
Submit a question or comment about this artifact.