General Information

Serial #

312

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PLASTIC CASING/ METAL INSTRUMENT CHASSIS/ METAL, SYNTHETIC & GLASS WORKING PARTS/ FIBRE CORD & WIRE COVERING

Dimensions

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

Length

25.6 cm

Width

11.8 cm

Height

37.8 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

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Northwest Territories

Period

1932-1933 INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR

Canada

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

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

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

MACHINE STAMPED & HANDWRITTEN '312' ON CASING & CHASSIS/ HAND INCISED 'METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE/ OF CANADA/ COPPERMINE/ INT'L POLAR YEAR/ STATION'/ ATTACHED TAG WITH MAILING INSTRUCTIONS, ALSO STAMPED 'COPPERMINE/ POLAR-YEAR STN' & SIGNED IN RED INK 'R.C. Jacobson/ COPPERMINE/ 12 JULY 33'

Missing

From CA of 11/30/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

TRANSPARENT YELLOW SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC & GALVANIZED PARTS

Decoration

N/A