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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1932
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0071.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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
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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
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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
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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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