Anemometer cup wheel
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTATION/3 CUP/PATTERSON/HEMISPERICAL CUP
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0064.001
- MANUFACTURER
- AES/MSC
- MODEL
- Patterson anemometer
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 8163
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Aluminum 3 cup metal wheel and base.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 33.0 cm
- Height
- 27.0 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- 1970 - 1990
- Canada
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From a collection of instruments used at Meteorological Services of Canada observing station at Parks Canada Warden Office in Rogers Pass National Historic Site, Glacier National Park, B.C. Used by Parks Canada avalanche forecasters to measure and record wind speed and direction, to track weather patterns, create avalanche forecasts/bulletins, and etc along the Trans-Canada Highway and Canadian Pacific Railway transportation corridor. - Function
-
An instrument that measures wind speed & direction by means of a cup wheel & wind vane respectively, with the readings recorded electrically by a separate anemograph. The cup wheel and wind vane assemblies were fitted to a anemometer U arm approx. 1.3m long. - Technical
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A three cup anemometer was designed by Canadian meteorologist John Patterson of the Canadian Meteorological Service in the 1920’s. Successive versions of this Canadian anemometer was used by the MSC for decades at various observing stations in Canada. This likely 1980’s version of the Patterson anemometer has modified wind speed and direction electrical contacts in the base units to electrically send data. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's stamp:"8163". Mfr's stamp inside the eletrical fitting:"14-12/F E L D C K/M G H J A B".
- Missing
- Nothing is missing.
- Finish
- An aluminum 3 cup wheel; aluminum base with a metal [brass] electrical fitting; metal hardware.
- Decoration
- None.
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AES/MSC, Anemometer cup wheel, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2013.0064, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0064.001/
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