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OBJECT TYPE: RECORDER/ELECTRICAL
DATE: 1962
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0098.001

MANUFACTURER: Meteorological Service of Canada
MODEL: AD
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 68-696
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL BASE, MECHANISM, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CASING COVER, ELECTROMAGNETIC COVERING, PARTS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 38.5 cm
Width: 21.6 cm
Height: 21.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Surface 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: 1960's +
Canada: A RECORDER USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE WITH THE ANEMOMETER DEVELOPED BY JOHN PATTERSON OF M.S.C. IN THE 1920'S; SUCCESSIVE VARIATIONS OF THIS WERE USED FOR DECADES BY THE CANADIAN SERVICE.
Function: A RECORDER FOR WIND SPEED & DIRECTION DATA RECEIVED FROM A SEPARATE ANEMOMETER, WHICH REGISTERS THE DATA ON A PAPER CHART.
Technical: A LATER VERSION OF M.S.C.'S EVENT RECORDER DEVELOPED IN THE 1930'S & USED AS ANEMOGRAPHS & RAIN GAUGE RECORDERS. THIS TYPE AD SEEMS IDENTICAL TO MSC TYPE D ILLUSTRATED IN THE 1966 & 1982 LITERATURE (REF. 1 & 2), WITH THE SPEED PEN STILL CONTROLLED BYAN ELECTROMAGNET & ARMATURE & THE VELOCITY PENS BY A MICROSWITCH.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Incised red lettering on base reading: 'M.S.C./ ANEMOGRAPH/ SER NO. AD 68-696'.
Missing: From CA of 11/04/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: TEXTURED GREEN PAINTED BASE/ BLACK WRINKLE FINISHED MECHANISM MOUNT SIDES/ PLATED AND METALLIC PARTS/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT COVER/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC.
Decoration: N/A

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Meteorological Service of Canada, Anemograph, after 1962, Artifact no. 1989.0098, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0098.001/

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