Radiosonde
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AUDIO-MODULATED/ELECTRICAL/DISPOSABLE (PROBABLY)
- DATE
- 1954
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1974.0091.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORP.
- MODEL
- MD-210 (XE-1) AMT-4B
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLASTIC CASING/METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.5 cm
- Width
- 17.2 cm
- Height
- 13.2 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
- GENERAL INSTRUMENT
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1954
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DEVICE LIFTED BY BALLOON INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO READ TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, & AIR PRESSURE & TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH. WIND SPEED & DIRECTION CAN BE DETERMINED BY TRACKING RADIOSONDE. - Technical
-
A 1950'S STYLE OF AMERICAN RADIOSONDE CONTROLLED BY A BAROSWITCH, WHICH HAS AN ANEROID SENSOR & ALSO SWITCHES IN THE CERAMIC ROD THERMISTOR (TEMPERATURE SENSOR) & ELECTROLYTIC PLASTIC STRIP HUMIDITY SENSOR, &REFERENCE RESISTORS. THESE ELEMENTS ARE HOUSED WITHIN A PLASTIC CASING WITH AN OUTRIGGER & TRANSMITTER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK STAMPED LETTERING READING 'SENSOR MECHANISM, RADIOSONDE/ MD-210 (XE-1) AMT-4B/SERIAL NO. _____ ORDER NO. 3336-PHILA-58/ GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORP./ U.S.'/ BLACK LETTERING ON TRANSMITTER READING 'SIGNAL CORPS. U.S. ARMY/ RADIOSONDE TRANSMITTER T-304 AMT-4A/ SER. NO. 13434 ORDER NO. 25640-PHILA-53/ FRIEZ INSTRUMENT DIVISION/ BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION.
- Missing
- BATTERIES, THERMISTOR, HYGRISTOR.TWO BROKEN ARMS ON OUTRIGGER.
- Finish
- WHITE & CLEAR PLASTIC CASING/MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/METALLIC PARTS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORP., Radiosonde, 1954, Artifact no. 1974.0091, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1974.0091.001/
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