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OBJECT TYPE
BALLOON/PORTABLE/BATTERY POWERED
DATE
1950–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1987.0812.001
MANUFACTURER
Hilger & Watts Ltd., Watts Div.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
London, England

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General Information

Serial #
80745
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL INSTRUMENT/ GLASS & SYNTHETIC PARTS/ 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
30.5 cm
Width
25.0 cm
Height
35.0 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 AND 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. 80745' & 'MADE IN ENGLAND'
Missing
From CA of 01/14/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish
BLACK WRINKLE FINISH ON THEODOLITE WITH BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED AND BRUSHEDMETAL PARTS/ 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. 1987.0812, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0812.001/

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