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OBJECT TYPE
BALLOON/PATTERSON/FLASHING LIGHT
DATE
1932
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1991.0071.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Unknown

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General Information

Serial #
312
Part Number
1
Total Parts
3
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
PLASTIC CASING/ METAL INSTRUMENT CHASSIS/ METAL, SYNTHETIC & GLASS WORKING PARTS/ FIBRE CORD & WIRE COVERING

Dimensions

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

Length
25.6 cm
Width
11.8 cm
Height
37.8 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Meteorology
Category
Upper air pressure, temperature & humidity measurement
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Unknown
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Northwest Territories
Period
1932-1933 INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
Canada
INSTRUMENT USED AT ONE OF CANADA'S FOUR INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR STATIONS. IPY WAS ORGANIZED BY INT'L METEOROLOGICAL CONFERENCE OF DIRECTORS IN 1929 TO COMMEMORATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF POLAR YEAR 1882-83. OBJECTIVE WAS TO ESTABLISH AS MANY STATIONS AS POSSIBLE IN POLAR REGIONS.
Function
DEVICE RAISED BY BALLOON INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO READ TEMPERATURE & AIR PRESSURE; THESE READINGS WERE EXPRESSED BY FLASHING LIGHTS ATTACHED TO THE BALLOON, WHICH COULD BE SEEN BY OBSERVERS ON THE GROUND (2).
Technical
THIS IS PROBABLY A PATTERSON FLASHING LIGHT BALLOON METEOROGRAPH, ONE OF TWO TYPES OF METEOROGRAPH USED AT COPPERMINE. IT CONTAINED PRESSURE & TEMPERATURE ELEMENTS, BOTH OF WHICH CONTROLLED SMALL ELECTRIC LAMPS. THIS IS NEITHER A RECORDING INSTRUMENT LIKE MOST METEOROGRAPHS NOR A TRANSMITTING RADIOSONDE.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
MACHINE STAMPED & HANDWRITTEN '312' ON CASING & CHASSIS/ HAND INCISED 'METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE/ OF CANADA/ COPPERMINE/ INT'L POLAR YEAR/ STATION'/ ATTACHED TAG WITH MAILING INSTRUCTIONS, ALSO STAMPED 'COPPERMINE/ POLAR-YEAR STN' & SIGNED IN RED INK 'R.C. Jacobson/ COPPERMINE/ 12 JULY 33'
Missing
From CA of 11/30/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish
TRANSPARENT YELLOW SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC & GALVANIZED PARTS
Decoration
N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Meteorograph, circa 1932, Artifact no. 1991.0071, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0071.001/

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