Theodolite
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BALLOON/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0804.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Askania Werke AG
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Bamberg, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 523322
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL INSTRUMENT/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ GLASS LEVEL BUBBLE AND LENSES/ WOOD CARRYING CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.0 cm
- Width
- 26.0 cm
- Height
- 37.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Upper wind speed & direction measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Askania
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Bamberg
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- LATE 1950'S TO 1970'S
- Canada
-
USED BY CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR OBSERVING CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT WITH TELESCOPIC SIGHT FOR ESTABLISHING HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL ANGLES, USED TO FOLLOW DRIFT OF PILOT BALLOONS TO DETERMINE UPPER ATMOSPHERIC WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION. - Technical
-
PROBABLE SUCCESSOR IN CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE TO 1948 E.R. WATTS THEODOLITE 870809 & 870810, & LATER HILGER & WATTS INSTRUMENTS 870811 & 870812. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised black lettering reading 'ASKANIA WERKE A.G./ BAMBERGWERKE/ BERLIN-FRIEDENAU/ Nr. 523322'/ black scale with white markings.
- Missing
- ALL ACCESSORIES From CA of 12/17/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- THEODOLITE PAINTED MOTTLED GREY/ BLACKSYNTHETIC/ BLACK ENAMELED PARTS/ CASE PAINTED GREY WITH BLACK ENAMELED HARDWARE
- Decoration
- ETCHED MFR'S LOGO
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Askania Werke AG, Theodolite, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1987.0804, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0804.001/
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