General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL RACK, RECORDER CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WINDOW, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

65.0 cm

Width

48.0 cm

Height

192.0 cm

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

Leeds Northrup

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Rexdale

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1960'S

Canada

A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN ITS RADIOSONDE FORECASTING & RESEARCH PROGRAMME.

Function

A RECORDER FOR DATA ON UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, PRESSURE TRANSMITTED BY A RADIOSONDE, WITH A PEN MECHANISM FOR PRINTING ON PAPER & AN INDICATOR MECHANISM WITH A SCALE TO DISPLAY DATA.

Technical

THIS TYPE OF RECORDER WAS USED WITH AES' METOX RADIOTHEODOLITE RADIONSONDERECEIVING STATION OF THE 1950'S & 1960'S. IT WAS LATER USED WITH THE GMD SYSTEM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK 'SPEEDOMAX' ON WINDOW FRAME/ METAL LOGO PLATE WITH RED 'L&N' ON WHITE GROUND, BELOW WHICH IS INCISED 'CANADA'/ PLATE ON RACK BACK READS 'HAMMOND/ 1462C/ HAMMOND MFG. CO. LTD./ GUELPH CANADA'/ BLACK MARKINGS ON SCALE

Missing

N/A

Finish

RACK PAINTED GREY ENAMEL WITH BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED PARTS/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTED RECORDER CASING/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT WINDOW/ METALLIC HANDLE & INTERIOR WINDOW FRAME/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTED INTERIOR CONTROL PANEL & PAPER GUIDE/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK CONTROLS/ RED LAMP/ WHITE SCALE/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTED WRITING TABLE

Decoration

N/A