Indicator, wind speed & direction

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OBJECT TYPE: DOUBLE DIAL
DATE: 1952–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0783.001

MANUFACTURER: Meteorological Service of Canada
MODEL: U2A
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC INDICATOR LIGHT/ GLASS DIAL COVERS/ SYNTHETIC POWER CORD COVERING

Dimensions

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

Length: 51.0 cm
Width: 21.8 cm
Height: 25.5 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: Environment CA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: LATE 1950'S & 1960'S
Canada: A COMPONENT OF A WIND MEASURING SYSTEM DESIGNED &USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE & MADE IN CANADA.
Function: AN INDOOR CONTROL PANEL FOR AN EXTERIOR ANEMOMETER & WIND VANE, CONTAINING WIND SPEED & WIND DIRECTION DIAL INDICATORS.
Technical: THIS PANEL CONTAINS U2A SPEED & DIRECTION INDICATORS, BOTH OF WHICH WERE IN USE IN 1958. BOTH DIALS HAVE THE 'OLDER' PRE-1969? STYLE OF CONSTRUCTION, WITH THE SCALE & MARKINGS ENGRAVED ON THE BACK PLATE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: White lettering on dial faces reading 'M.S.C./ TYPE U2/ A SR.277' & 'WIND SPEED' & 'M.S.C. TYPE-U2/ A/ SERIAL D1 65-68' & 'WIND DIRECTION'/ brown or yellow markings on dial face/ red impression printed label reading 'KNOTS' on speed indicator
Missing: ON OFF SWITCH ORLIGHT From CA of 01/14/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: MOTTLED GREY PAINTED CASING/ RED SYNTHETIC LIGHT/ BLACK DIAL FACES/ BLACK POWER CORD/ PLATED ON-OFF SWITCH
Decoration: N/A

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Meteorological Service of Canada, Indicator, wind speed & direction, between 1952–1969, Artifact no. 1987.0783, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0783.001/

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