Radiosonde
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TIME-CYCLE/MECHANICAL/DISPOSABLE
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0819.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Constructions Mécaniques & Electriques
- MODEL
- PTU-WB
- LOCATION
- Paris, France
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2794
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BASE FRAME/ WOOD BASE & SIDE/ SYNTHETIC BASE PART/ METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.7 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 15.9 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
- CME
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Paris
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A DEVICE RAISED BY BALLOON ABOVE THE EARTH'S SURFACE TO READ TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, AND AIR PRESSURE AND TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH. - Technical
-
THIS INSTRUMENT SEEMS TO BE SIMILAR TO TIME CYCLE RADIOSONDE DEVELOPED BY R. BUREAU & P. IDRAC IN FRANCE IN EARLY 1930'S. ROBERT BUREAU INTRODUCED TERM RADIO-SONDE IN 1930 (1). SEE ILLUSTRATION OF BUREAU RADIOSONDE BY SAME MFR. IN SUPP. INFO. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate on underside reading 'CONSTRUCTIONS/ MECANIQUES et ELECTRIQUES/ P. de PRESALE/ 104-106 Rue Oberkampf, PARIS (X1o)/ TYPE PTU-WB/ NO. 2794/ second plate reading 'MODELE DEPOSE'/ white painted "310 on wood/ Bourdon tube marked 'P40'
- Missing
- RADIO TRANSMITTER, BATTERIES, CASING. From CA of 10/20/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing case
- Finish
- PAINTED BLACK AND FLAT DARK GREY/ PURPLE SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Constructions Mécaniques & Electriques, Radiosonde, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1987.0819, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0819.001/
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