Radiosonde
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AUDIO-MODULATED/ELECTRICAL/DISPOSABLE
- DATE
- 1961
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0088.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bendix Aviation Corp.
- MODEL
- RAY SONDE
- LOCATION
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 11975
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CARDBOARD CASING WITH PLASTIC PARTS/ SYNTHETIC, METAL, & GLASS WORKING PARTS/ CORD/ FABRIC STRAP WITH METAL RING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.3 cm
- Width
- 11.8 cm
- Height
- 21.5 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
- Bendix
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Maryland
- City
- Baltimore
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1961
- Canada
-
AN AMERICAN-MADE AUDIO-MODULATED RADIOSONDE MADE FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, USED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE LAST CANADIAN TIME-CYCLE RADIOSONDES. - Function
-
DEVICE LIFT INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE BY BALLOON TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, & AIR PRESSURE & TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH. WIND SPEED & DIRECTION CAN BE DETERMINED BY TRACKING RADIOSONDE. - Technical
-
AN EARLY 1960'S STYLE OF RADIOSONDE CONTROLLED BY A BAROSWITCH, WHICH HAS AN ANEROID SENSOR & ALSO SWITCHES IN THE CERAMIC RODTHERMISTOR (TEMPERATURE SENSOR) & ELECTROLYTIC PLASTIC STRIP HUMIDITY SENSOR, &REFERENCE RESISTORS. THESE ELEMENTS ARE HOUSED WITHIN A VENTED, UNSHIELDED CARDBOARD CASING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLUE LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'THE METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH/ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT/ CANADA/ RADIOSONDE/ SERIAL NO. 11975/ FRONT/ RAY SONDE/ THE Bendix CORPORATION/ FRIEZ INSTRUMENT DIVISION' WITH PATENT INFO./ BLACK 'SEP 12 1961/ ACCEPTED' STAMPED INSIDE FLAP/ RED HANDWRITTEN '1961' ON FRONT/ BLACK IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING '1961 U.S.A.' ON FRONT
- Missing
- From CA of 10/25/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- WHITE CASING, CORD, STRAP/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bendix Aviation Corp., Radiosonde, 1961, Artifact no. 1991.0088, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0088.001/
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