Anemometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTATION/4 CUP/ELECTRICAL
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0752.001
- 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
- ALL METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 40.0 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
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
POSSIBLY AN EARLY VERSION OF THE PATTERSON ANEMOVANE. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES WIND VELOCITY BY MEANS OF A CUPWHEEL. - Technical
-
IN 1936 JOHN PATTERSON OF THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE DEVELOPED THE 3 CUP ANEMOMETER, WHICH EVENTUALLY REPLACED THE ROBINSON 4 CUP INSTRUMENT FOR METEOROLOGICAL USE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- CUPS From CA of 12/06/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing cup wheels or vanes
- Finish
- GREY PAINTED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Anemometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0752, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0752.001/
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