General Information

Serial #

6552

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING/ GLASS DIAL COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

34.0 cm

Height

44.0 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

Bendix

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Maryland

City

Baltimore

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES WIND VELOCITY BY MEANS OF A CUPWHEEL, INDICATING ON A DIGITAL DIAL INDICATOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT (E.G. IN MILES) OF WINDPASSING THE POINT OF OBSERVATION OVER A GIVEN TIME. THE DIAL CAN BE READ FROM BELOW WITH BINOCULARS.

Technical

IN THE MECHANICAL TOTALIZING ANEMOMETER, THE MOVEMENT OF THE CUPWHEEL IS TRANSMITTED BY MEANS OF A SPINDLE TO THE DIGITAL COUNTER READING MILES IN 1000'S &FRACTIONS, SUCH AS 10THS & 100THS. THE RATIO OF THE DISTANCE TRAVELLED BY THE WIND TO THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY THE CUPS IS THE FACTOR OF THE ANEMOMETER & IS ALLOWED FOR IN THE CALIBRATION OF THE INSTRUMENT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Plate reading 'TOTALIZIING ANEMOMETER/ 1 MILE AND 1/60 MILE CONTACTS/ MODEL NO. 349 SERIAL NO. 6552/ U.S. PATENT NO. 2,150,489/ BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION/ FRIEZ INSTRUMENT DIVISION BALTIMORE, MD'.

Missing

From CA of 12/06/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

GREY ENAMEL PAINTED DIAL CASING AND SHAFT/ FLAT GREY PAINTED CUP ASSEMBLY/ BLACK AND WHITE DIAL

Decoration

N/A