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OBJECT TYPE: PRESSURE TUBE/DINES
DATE: 1927
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0776.001

MANUFACTURER: Munro, R.W. Ltd.
MODEL: MK.II DINES
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: 1308
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL, INCLUDING BRASS/ GLASS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ WOOD CRATE

Dimensions

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

Length: 72.1 cm
Width: 41.2 cm
Height: 110.8 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: Munro
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1950's? +
Canada: DINES PRESSURE TUBE ANEMOMETERS MADE BY MUNRO OF LONDON WERE USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, APPEARING ON M.S.C.'S 1952, 1958, & 1961 LISTS OF INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT (A VOCABULARY OF METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS &EQUIPMENT, DOT MET. BRANCH, MANUAL 01, 1952; 2ND ED., 1958; 3RD ED., 1961)
Function: AN INSTRUMENT THAT RECORDS WIND SPEED & DIRECTION DATA PROVIDED BY ITS PRESSURE TUBE & WIND VANE ASSEMBLY.
Technical: ORIGINALLY INVENTED BY W.H. DINES IN ENGLAND IN 1890'S, THIS MORE MODERM FORM OF DINES PRESSURE TUBE ANEMOGRAPH WITH A CONICAL SHIELD TO PROVIDE AXIAL SYMMETRY WAS INTRODUCED IN 1927.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Cast lettering on casing top reading 'DINES ANEMOGRAPH/ MARK II/ R.W. MUNRO LTD./ LONDON/ SOLE MAKERS'/ interior brass plate on anemograph reading 'DINES PRESSURE TUBE/ ANEMOGRAPH MARK II/ NO 1308/ MUNRO/ LTD./ LONDON/ N.11'/ interior plate on direction recorder reading 'M.O. PATTERN TWIN PEN/ DIRECTION RECORDER NO. 1139/ SOLE MAKERS, R.W. MUNRO LTD./ LONDON N.11'/ clock incised on base 'MUNRO/ LTD./ LONDON/ N.11' & '2022'.
Missing: PIECE TO LINK RODS TO DIRECTION RECORDER/ CLOCK AND DRUM ARE NOT ORIGINAL TO ARTIFACT. From CA of 01/26/1994 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: CASING PAINTED MEDIUM BLUE-GREY/ BRASS COLOURED AND BLACK & GREY ENAMEL PAINTED PARTS/ BEIGE ENAMEL PAINTED CASING INTERIOR
Decoration: N/A

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Munro, R.W. Ltd., Anemograph, after 1927, Artifact no. 1987.0776, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0776.001/

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