Radiosonde & hypsometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AUDIO-MODULATED/ELECTRICAL/DISPOSABLE
- DATE
- 1987
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0002.001
- MANUFACTURER
- VIZ MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- ACCU-LOK
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 7S-0299
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLASTIC & CARDBOARD CASING/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ STYROFOAM HOUSING FOR HYPSOMETER/ METAL CAN
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.5 cm
- Width
- 17.2 cm
- Height
- 25.4 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
- VIZ
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UNUSED
- Canada
-
USED BY CANADIAN GOV'T METEOROLOGICAL BODY TO EXAMINE OZONE LEVELS IN UPPER ATMOSPHERE AS PART OF ONGOING ATMOSPHERIC AND CLIMATIC STUDIES. - Function
-
RADIOSONDE IS DEVICE RAISED BY BALLOON INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO READ TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, & AIR PRESSURE & TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH. THIS EXAMPLE HAS ATTACHED HYPSOMETER & IN OPERATION IS CONNECTED TO OZONESONDE (920003) USED TO MEASURE OZONE LEVELS. - Technical
-
STANDARD RADIOSONDE OF TYPE USED BY AES,FITTED WITH HYPSOMETER & DESIGNED TO BE CONNECTED TO OZONESONDE TO TAKE OZONE LEVEL MEASUREMENTS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERING ON CASING TOP READING 'VIZ MANUFACTURING COMPANY/ PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA/ RADIOSONDE'/ BLUE LETTERING ON BATTERY BOX READS 'FRONT/ VIZ/ VIZ MANUFACTURING CO./ PHILADELPHIA, PENNA./ U.S.A./ BATTERY'/ BLACK STAMPED '7S-0299' ON CASING/ LABEL READING '0669' IN HYPSOMETER HOUSING/ LABEL ON BAROMETER READS: '504-2936'/ BLUE & WHITE DECAL ON CASING READS 'VIZ ACCU-LOK/ RADIOSONDE/ THIS RADIOSONDE HAS BEEN FACTORY CALIBRATED FOR USE WITH/VIZ ACCU-LOK TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY SENSORS' (SEE SUPP. INFO.)/ CONTAINER LABEL READS 'VIZ ACCU-LOK/ HUMIDITY SENSOR' (SEE SUPP. INFO.)
- Missing
- BATTERY
- Finish
- WHITE CASING/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE STYROFOAM
- Decoration
- N/A
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VIZ MFG. CO., Radiosonde & hypsometer, 1987, Artifact no. 1992.0002, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0002.001/
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