Graph plate, upper wind

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1950–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0883.001

MANUFACTURER: Meteorological Service of Canada
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 ANODIZED ALUMINUM/.2 PLASTIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 45.7 cm
Width: 36.9 cm
Height: 1.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Upper wind speed & direction measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Environment CA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1950's
Canada: CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT UPPER WIND PLOTTING EQUIPMENT.
Function: USED TO PLOT UPPER WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED OBSERVATIONS AGAINST HEIGHT IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WIND VELOCITY AT STANDARD HEIGHTS FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF THE DATA.
Technical: THE UPPER WIND GRAPH PLATE TYPE C WAS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE UPPER WIND GRAPH BOARDS USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE SINCE THE 1930'S, AND WAS FOLLOWED BY THE TYPE D GRAPH BOARD IN THE 1960'S.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Black lettering across top reading 'M.S.C. UPPER WINDGRAPH PLATE TYPE-C'/ incised black and red scales on plotting board for altitude in kilometres above sea level & thousands of feet above sea level/ yellow scale & numbers on sliding rule reading 0 to 60 and '180 METERS PER MINUTE'
Missing: From CA of 11/30/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: BRUSHED METAL PLOTTING BOARD/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED SLIDING SCALE
Decoration: N/A

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Meteorological Service of Canada, Graph plate, upper wind, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1987.0883, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0883.001/

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