Anemometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTATION/4 CUP/MECHANICAL/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0749.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KELVIN & HUGHES LTD.
- MODEL
- KB.472/01
- LOCATION
- Basingstoke, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- AX.186
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE, LEATHER HANDLE/ METAL ANEMOMETER WITH BAKELITE HANDLE, BRASS CUPS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.9 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 14.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Surface wind speed & direction measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- KELVIN HUGHES
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Basingstoke
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1950's?
- Canada
-
THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE USED SEVERAL MAKES OF HAND ANEMOMETER IN THE 1950'S, LISTED IN SEVERAL M.S.C. INSTRUMENT & EQUIPMENT MANUALS OF THE PERIOD (1). - Function
-
A HAND HELD ANEMOMETER, USED TO MEASURE WIND SPEED AT THE LEVEL OF THEOBSERVER. - Technical
-
A BRITISH MADE HAND-HELD ANEMOMETER OF THE TYPE USED BY THE METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE, BRITAIN. THE CUPWHEEL IS MOUNTED ON A SPINDLE WHICH ALSO CARRIES A PERMANENT MAGNET. THE ROTATION OF THE LATTER ACTUATES A POINTER MECHANISM WHICH INDICATES WIND SPEED IN KNOTS ON ASCALE (1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate on case top reading 'HAND ANEMOMETER/ MADE BY/ KELVIN & HUGHES LTD./ BASINGSTOKE'/ Plate on instrument reading 'HAND ANEMOMETER/ TYPE KB.472/ 01 NO.AX. 186/ MADE BY/ KELVIN & HUGHES LTD./ BASINGSTOKE'/ white or beige lettering on dial 0 to 60 knots, 0 to 30 metres per second.
- Missing
- 1 CUP From CA of 12/13/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing one cup wheel
- Finish
- CASE STAINED BROWN AND VARNISHED, PLATED HARDWARE, BROWN HANDLE/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTED ANEMOMETER/ BLACK BAKELITE/ BLACK ENAMELED PARTS/ CUP INTERIORS PAINTED RED/ BLACK DIAL.
- Decoration
- N/A
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KELVIN & HUGHES LTD., Anemometer, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1987.0749, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0749.001/
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