General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

5

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cardboard

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

28.0 cm

Width

6.2 cm

Height

6.5 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

GRAPHIC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Gananoque

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1960'S

Canada

A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN ITS RADIOSONDE FORECASTING & RESEARCH PROGRAMME.

Function

A RECORDER FOR DATA ON UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, PRESSURE TRANSMITTED BY A RADIOSONDE, WITH A PEN MECHANISM FOR PRINTING ON PAPER & AN INDICATOR MECHANISM WITH A SCALE TO DISPLAY DATA.

Technical

THIS TYPE OF RECORDER WAS USED WITH AES' METOX RADIOTHEODOLITE RADIONSONDERECEIVING STATION OF THE 1950'S & 1960'S. IT WAS LATER USED WITH THE GMD SYSTEM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Print on tab reads "CHART/ DIAGRAMME/ 42-90/ RANGE/ PORTÉE/ 0063-9622/ DWG. D7935-01/ ISUE 6/ 0-100 TO FIT/ TO FIT/ POUR/ RADIOSONDE". RECORDING CHARTS/ PAPIERS GRAPHIQUES [logo]". Print reads "[logo]/ RECORDING CHARTS are produced, guaranteed and distributed by/ Graphic Controls Canada Ltd., the leading specialists in recording charts", and "Les Graphiques GC pour appareils enregistreurs sont produits, garantis/ et distribués par la societé 'Graphic Controls', l'une des principales maisons/ specialisées dans l'impression de[s] ces graphiques./ Manufactured in Canada by[/] Fabrique au Canada par/ ]logo] Graphic Controls/ Graphic Controls Canada Limited/ Contrôles Graphiques du Canada Ltées/ 215 Herbert Gananoque/ Ontario, Canada K7G 2Y7".

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Cardboard box with grey, white and medium blue print.

Decoration

N/A