Graph plate, upper wind
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0883.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 ANODIZED ALUMINUM/.2 PLASTIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.7 cm
- Width
- 36.9 cm
- Height
- 1.3 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
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1950's
- Canada
-
CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT UPPER WIND PLOTTING EQUIPMENT. - Function
-
USED TO PLOT UPPER WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED OBSERVATIONS AGAINST HEIGHT IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WIND VELOCITY AT STANDARD HEIGHTS FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF THE DATA. - Technical
-
THE UPPER WIND GRAPH PLATE TYPE C WAS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE UPPER WIND GRAPH BOARDS USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE SINCE THE 1930'S, AND WAS FOLLOWED BY THE TYPE D GRAPH BOARD IN THE 1960'S. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black lettering across top reading 'M.S.C. UPPER WINDGRAPH PLATE TYPE-C'/ incised black and red scales on plotting board for altitude in kilometres above sea level & thousands of feet above sea level/ yellow scale & numbers on sliding rule reading 0 to 60 and '180 METERS PER MINUTE'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/30/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- BRUSHED METAL PLOTTING BOARD/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED SLIDING SCALE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Graph plate, upper wind, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1987.0883, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0883.001/
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