Balloon
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SOUNDING/300 GRAMS
- DATE
- 1992
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0142.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TOTEX CORP.
- MODEL
- TA 300
- LOCATION
- Saitama, Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- RUBBER? BALLOON IN PLASTIC BAG/ PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.0 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 10.0 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
- TOTEX
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Saitama
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- EARLY 1990S
- Canada
-
TYPE OF BALLOON USED IN EARLY 1990S TO LIFT CANADIAN & AMERICAN MADE RADIOSONDES ALOFT, BY ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA. - Function
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BALLOON OF TYPE USED TO LIFT RADIOSONDES CONTAINING METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE IN ORDER TO MEASURE AIR PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, & SOMETIMES WIND SPEED AND/OR DIRECTION - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT USED IN 1990S WITH RADIOSONDES WHICH MEASURED UPPER ATMOSPHERIC WEATHER CONDITIONS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PAPER LABEL READS 'AES STOCK NO: 0015-0450/ BALLOON TYPE: TA 300/ NOMINAL BALLOON WEIGHT: 300 GRAMS/ MANUFACTURED: 06/92/EXPIRES: 12/93/ LOT NO.: 1-92/ QUANTITY: 1 PC.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BEIGE BALLOON/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT BAG WITH WHITE LABEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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TOTEX CORP., Balloon, 1992, Artifact no. 1994.0142, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0142.001/
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