Calculator, humidity

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OBJECT TYPE: humidity
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0827.004

MANUFACTURER: Meteorological Service of Canada
MODEL: 500B
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 6
AKA: Humidiity evaluator
Patents: N/A
General Description: PLASTIC WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: 1.0 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 27.7 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Upper air pressure, temperature & humidity measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Environment CA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1960s
Canada: PART OF A RADIOSONDE SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA TO PROVIDE DETAILED READINGS OF THE LOWER 500 M. OF ATMOSPHERE.
Function: A DEVICE USED FOR PRE-FLIGHT CALIBRATION OF THE HUMIDITY SENSOR OF A RADIOSONDE.
Technical: PART OF A TETHERED BALLOON RADIOSONDE SYSTEM, DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 1960'S & ONTAINING A SPECIALLY DESIGNED PRESSURE TRANSDUCER & SERVOSWITCH MECHANISM FOR THE LOW PRESSURE MECHANISM (1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Black lettering reading 'TETHERSONDE/ HUMIDITY EVALUATOR/ MSC NO. 500B'/ outer scale marked 'RECORDER DIVISIONS' with markings for 5 to 90/ inner scale marked for 10 to 100/ black temperature scale on arm for -60 to +40 C.
Missing: From CA of 10/20/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: WHITE PLASTIC/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT ARM/ PLATED METAL
Decoration: N/A

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Meteorological Service of Canada, Calculator, humidity, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1987.0827, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0827.004/

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