Paper, recording

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0151.004

MANUFACTURER: Graphic Controls Canada Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Gananoque, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Paper and cardboard

Dimensions

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

Length: 27.5 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: GRAPHIC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Gananoque

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: Mfr's print on edge "PRINTED IN CANADA BY G.C. CANADA LTD." . Other edge reads "STOCK NO. 0063-9622 DWG. NO. D7935-01 RADIOSONDE RECORDER". Mfr's information taken from product box .5
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Cream coloured roll of paper with orange-brown graph. Roll is unused and secured closed with tape.
Decoration: None

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Graphic Controls Canada Ltd., Paper, recording, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1994.0151, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1994.0151.004/

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