Plotting machine, wind vector
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0884.002
- MANUFACTURER
- DOT Meteorological Div.
- MODEL
- 1
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 52.0 cm
- Width
- 51.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- MSC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1950's-1960's
- Canada
-
PART OF CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT UPPER WIND PLOTTING EQUIPMENT. - Function
-
USED TO PLOT, IN SCALE, THE HORIZONTAL PROJECTIONS OF THE POSITION VECTORS OF A WIND FINDING BALLOON ON A PILOT BALLOON PLOTTING BOARD. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Yellow scale and lettering reading 'CANADA-DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT/ METEOROLOGICAL DIVISION/ WIND-VECTOR PLOTTING MACHINE/ TYPE 1'.
- Missing
- From CA of 12/03/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED
- Decoration
- N/A
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DOT Meteorological Div., Plotting machine, wind vector, after 1951, Artifact no. 1987.0884, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0884.002/
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