Indicator, wind speed & direction
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FLASHING LIGHT
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0127.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- L
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- 64
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC LAMP BULBS & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.9 cm
- Width
- 15.3 cm
- Height
- 7.2 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
- 1950'S UNTIL AT LEAST 1980'S
- Canada
-
A CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE INSTRUMENT FORMING PART OF THE M.S.C. ANEMOMETER SYSTEM USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR DECADES. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT DISPLAYS WIND DIRECTION & SPEED DATA FROM A SEPARATE ANEMOMETER IN THE FORM OF FLASHING LIGHTS. - Technical
-
THE LATER VERSION OF THE M.S.C. FLASHING LIGHT INDICATOR, THE TYPE L SUPPLANTED THE INSTRUMENT OF THE 1940'S; IT WAS USED WITHTHE ANEMOVANE TYPE 45 OF 1951 & WITH THE LATER ANEMOMETER TYPE 45B INTO THE 1980'S. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED YELLOW LETTERING READING 'M.S.C. WIND INDICATOR TYPE L NO 64'& LABELLING LAMPS & SWITCH
- Missing
- From CA of 11/29/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- GREY HAMMERLINE CASING FINISH/ WHITE BULBS/ BLACKCONTACTENCLOSURE/ PLATED SWITCH
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Indicator, wind speed & direction, after 1951, Artifact no. 1991.0127, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0127.001/
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