Theodolite
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BALLOON/PORTABLE/BATTERY POWERED
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0811.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hilger & Watts Ltd., Watts Div.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 84714
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL INSTRUMENT/ GLASS & SYNTHETIC PARTS/ RUBBER LENS SHADE/ MOUNTED ON SLIDING WOOD PANEL IN WOOD CASE WITH BRASS HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.0 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 34.0 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
- Hilger Watts
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1950'S +
- Canada
-
USED BY CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR OBSERVING CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT WITH TELESCOPIC SIGHTS FOR ESTABLISHING HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL ANGLES, USED TO FOLLOW DRIFT OF PILOT BALLOONS TO DETERMINE UPPER ATMOSPHERIC WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION. - Technical
-
PROBABLE SUCCESSOR TO 1948 E.R. WATTS THEODOLITES (MSC TYPE B-1) 870809 & 870810 - SEE 1953 ILLUSTRATION IN REFERENCE 1 - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate on case interior reading 'HILGER & WATTS LTD./ WATTS DIVISION/ 48 ADDINGTON SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND' with mfr's logo/ gold stamped mfr's logo and lettering on base reading 'HILGER & WATTS LTD./ NO. 84714' & 'MADE IN ENGLAND'
- Missing
- From CA of 01/14/1994 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- BLACKWRINKLE FINISH ON THEODOLITE WITH BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED AND BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ GREY LENS SHADE/ GREY PAINTED WOOD CASE WITH VARNISHED INTERIOR/ BLACK WRINKLE FINISHED BATTERY CASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Hilger & Watts Ltd., Watts Div., Theodolite, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1987.0811, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0811.001/
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