Radiosonde
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AUDIO-MODULATED/ELECTRICAL/DISPOSABLE
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0824.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SANGAMO CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- P09
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLASTIC AND CARDBOARD CASING/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ CORD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.3 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 15.5 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
- SANGAMO
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1975
- Canada
-
A CANADIAN MADE RADIOSONDE, MADE FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. - 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 MID 1970'S STYLE OF RADIOSONDE, CONTROLLED BY A BAROSWITCH WHICH HAS AN ANEROID SENSOR & ALSO SWITCHES IN THE CERAMIC ROD THERMISTOR & ELECTROLYTICPLASTIC STRIP HYGRISTOR, & REFERENCE RESISTORS. THESE ELEMENTS ARE HOUSED IN A PLASTIC & CARDBOARD CASING WITH AN OUTRIGGER & TRANSMITTER CONE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Blue lettering reading 'FRONT' & 'A/ VIZ/ PRODUCT/ MANUFACTURED/ BY/ SANGAMO COMPANY LIMITED/ TORONTO, ONTARIO - TROIS RIVIERES, QUEBEC'/ blue printed 'NOTICE TO FINDER' on sides (see Supp. Info.)/ raised lettering on plastic of radio transmitter casing reading 'TRANSMITTER RADIOSONDE - VIZ MFG. CO. - PHILA. PA. U.S.A./ metallic lettering on baroswitch reading 'VIZ MANUFACTURING CO./ PHILADELPHIA PA. U.S.A.'/ decal on baroswitch reading '705-2637'/ raised lettering on plastic with VIZ logo and reading '1072-21/ PAT.PENDING'/ handwritten 'P09' on adhesive tape label.
- Missing
- BATTERIES From CA of 10/20/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- WHITE CASING/ WHITE CORD/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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SANGAMO CO. LTD., Radiosonde, 1975, Artifact no. 1987.0824, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.0824.001/
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