General Information

Serial #

208

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRONT & BACK PANELS/ WOOD SIDE FRAMING/ METAL INSTRUMENT CASINGS WITH GLASS FRONTS

Dimensions

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

Length

91.5 cm

Width

15.5 cm

Height

76.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Atmospheric pressure measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Environment CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1978 +

Canada

WIND INDICATORS ARE PART OF A WIND MEASURING SYSTEM DESIGNED & USED IN CANADA BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, & MADE IN CANADA

Function

PANEL CONTAINING 2 DIAL INDICATORS FOR CUPWHEEL ANEMOMETER & WIND VANE WHICH MEASURE WIND SPEED & DIRECTION RESPECTIVELY, & ANEROID BAROMETER TO MEASURE & INDICATE AIR PRESSURE; IT ALSO CONTAINS 2 APERTURES FOR TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY INDICATORS. PANEL WAS PART OF NMST METEOROLOGY EXHIBIT.

Technical

THE WIND INDICATORS ARE PART OF THE MSC TYPE U2A CONTROLTOWER WIND EQUIPMENT SYSTEM, DEVELOPED ORIGINALLY C. 1949-1950. THE SPEED SECTION WAS REDESIGNED IN 1951-1952 & RENAMED U2A. BOTH INDICATORS ARE OF THE 'OLD PATTERN' (PRE-1969?) WITH THE DIAL ENGRAVED ON THE PLATE BEHIND THE GLASS (REF. 1, pp. 40-41).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WIND SPEED INDICATOR MARKED IN WHITE 'M.S.C./ TYPE U2/A SER. 208/ WIND SPEED'/ WIND DIRECTION INDICATOR MARKED IN WHITE 'M.S.C./ TYPE U2 SER. 190/ WIND DIRECTION'/ BAROMETER CALIBRATED FOR 26 TO 31 IN & MARKED IN SCRIPT 'Taylor' & IN PRINT 'ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A.'/ CLEAR PLASTIC LABELS WITH RED LETTERING BELOW EACH DIAL OR APERTURE READING 'WIND SPEED', 'WIND DIRECTION', 'AIR PRESSURE', 'TEMPERATURE F [DEGREES]', & 'HUMIDITY %'.

Missing

TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY INDICATORS From CA of 11/29/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined - missing temperature humidity indicators

Finish

GREY ENAMEL PAINTED PANEL FRONT WITH FLAT BLACK PAINTED SIDES/ METALLIC INSTRUMENT CASINGS/ WIND INDICATORS HAVE BLACK DIALS & WHITE SCALES/ BAROMETER HAS WHITE DIAL WITH BLACK MARKINGS/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

RED PLASTIC MSC (METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA) LOGO ON PANEL FRONT