Anemometer

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1955
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0111.001

MANUFACTURER: Illinois Testing Laboratories Inc.
MODEL: Alnor Velometer/3002
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 11540
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 16
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal casing & parts/ glass window/ synthetic parts/ leather strap

Dimensions

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

Length: 14.6 cm
Width: 13.4 cm
Height: 5.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Industrial equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: ILLINOIS
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
Period: circa 1955+
Canada: An American made instrument of the 1950s, used at DREA (Defence Research Establishment Atlantic), now DRDC Atlantic (Defence R & D Canada - Atlantic), a department of National Defence. Canada's Defence Research Board was founded in 1940 to provide scientific support to all three armed services; in 1967 the Atlantic component in Dartmouth, NS became DREA. The current mandate of DRDC Atlantic is to conduct research and development in underwater and marine military technology for Canada's Navy and Air Force (Ref 2). This instrument was put into operation 1955.03.28 as part of the Equipment Pool inventory at the Dartmouth facility (Ref. 1).
Function: An instrument for measuring the velocity of air streams in indoor environments.
Technical: A swinging vane air velocity instrument of the 1950s used to measure air streams for HVAC balancing, static pressure measurements, energy audits (Ref. 3)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: black lettering on dial reads "Alnor [script]/ VELOMETER/ (BOYLE SYSTEM)/ TYPE 3002 SERIAL 11540/ ILLINOIS TESTING LABORATORIES, INC. CHICAGO, U.S.A.", "VELOCITY FEET PER MINUTE", & "USE JET NO./ & FILTER/ 2220 & 2225/ NO JET/ 2420/ 3920 & 3930/ 3290/ 2460"
Missing: appears complete
Finish: casing painted textured black/ white meter face with colourless transparent window/ black strap
Decoration: N/A

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