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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1932
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0071.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal rod

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: 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Northwest Territories
Period: 1932-1933 INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
Canada: INSTRUMENT USED AT ONE OF CANADA'S FOUR INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR STATIONS. IPY WAS ORGANIZED BY INT'L METEOROLOGICAL CONFERENCE OF DIRECTORS IN 1929 TO COMMEMORATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF POLAR YEAR 1882-83. OBJECTIVE WAS TO ESTABLISH AS MANY STATIONS AS POSSIBLE IN POLAR REGIONS.
Function: DEVICE RAISED BY BALLOON INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO READ TEMPERATURE & AIR PRESSURE; THESE READINGS WERE EXPRESSED BY FLASHING LIGHTS ATTACHED TO THE BALLOON, WHICH COULD BE SEEN BY OBSERVERS ON THE GROUND (2).
Technical: THIS IS PROBABLY A PATTERSON FLASHING LIGHT BALLOON METEOROGRAPH, ONE OF TWO TYPES OF METEOROGRAPH USED AT COPPERMINE. IT CONTAINED PRESSURE & TEMPERATURE ELEMENTS, BOTH OF WHICH CONTROLLED SMALL ELECTRIC LAMPS. THIS IS NEITHER A RECORDING INSTRUMENT LIKE MOST METEOROGRAPHS NOR A TRANSMITTING RADIOSONDE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Greyish-coloured metal rod
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Rod, circa 1932, Artifact no. 1991.0071, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0071.002/

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