Radiosonde
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TIME-CYCLE/ELECTRO-MECHANICAL
- DATE
- 1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0072.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sangamo Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Leaside, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- C 87816
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CARDBOARD CASING/ SYNTHETIC, METAL & GLASS WORKINGPARTS/ GOLDBEATER'S SKIN (ANIMAL INTESTINE) HUMIDITY ELEMENT)/ CORD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.0 cm
- Width
- 13.5 cm
- Height
- 21.2 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
- Sangamo
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Leaside
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1960
- Canada
-
ONE OF A SERIES OF TIME-CYCLE RADIOSONDES DEVELOPED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE & MADE BY THE CANADIAN COMPANY SANGAMO. THE FIRST WAS DEVELOPED BY R. JACOBSEN IN THE LATE 1930'S OR 1940'S. THIS ONE MAY REPRESENT THE MSC TYPE 4 RADIOSONDE INTRODUCED IN 1959-1960. - Function
-
DEVICE RAISED BY BALLOON INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO READ TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY & AIR PRESSURE, & TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH - Technical
-
THIS APPEARS TO BE THE LAST VERSION OF THE CANADIAN TIMECYCLE RADIOSONDE, IN USE C. 1960. IT DIFFERS FROM ITSPREDECESSOR (SEE 910075 &870822) IN HAVING A SINGLE FLAT BIMETAL RATHER THAN TWO, & A DIFFERENT CASING. IN THE EARLY 1960'S, THE CANADIAN SERVICE ABANDONED TIME-CYCLE RADIOSONDES FOR AUDIO-MODULATED ONES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE INSIDE INSTRUMENT COMPARTMENT READING 'PROPERTY OF/ CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE/ NO C 87816/ SANGAMO/ COMPANY LIMITED/ LEASIDE CANADA'/ BLACK '87816' ON INSTRUMENT CHASSIS/ PENCILED & BLUE BALLPOINT PEN '87816' ON CASING/ '1929' INCISED ON HYGROMETER MOUNT
- Missing
- BATTERY From CA of 10/19/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- DISCOLOURED WHITE CARDBOARD/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ WHITE CORD
- Decoration
- N/A
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Sangamo Co. Ltd., Radiosonde, 1959, Artifact no. 1991.0072, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0072.001/
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