Anemometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTATION/4 CUP/ELECTRICAL/HEMISPHERICAL CUPS
- DATE
- 1900–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0505.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FOSTER
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLASTIC BASE/ METAL UPRIGHT AND CUPS, MOSTLY BRASS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 44.5 cm
- Height
- 49.5 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
- FOSTER
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1900 INTO 1920'S
- Canada
-
A WIND MEASURING SYSTEM DESIGNED & BUILT BY A CANADIAN COMPANY FOR USE BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES WIND VELOCITY BY MEANS OF A CUPWHEEL, WITH THE MEASUREMENTS ELECTRICALLY TRANSMITTED TO A SEPARATE BUT CONNECTED ANEMOGRAPH. - Technical
-
PART OF A RELATIVELY EARLY ELECTRICAL CONTACT TYPE WIND MEASURING & RECORDING SYSTEM. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's name, address, and serial no. stamped on mechanism inside meter.
- Missing
- From CA of 11/08/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- PAINTED BLACK/ BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ BLACK PLASTIC BASE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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FOSTER, Anemometer, between 1900–1930, Artifact no. 1987.0505, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0505.001/
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