Calculator, air pressure
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- OBJECT TYPE
- plotting board
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0827.005
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 5
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- VENEER COVERED PLYWOOD/ BRASS SCREWS/ PLASTIC RULER WITH PAPER SCALE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 61.0 cm
- Width
- 56.0 cm
- Height
- 3.5 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
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1960s
- Canada
-
PART OF A RADIOSONDE SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA TO PROVIDE DETAILED READINGS OF THE LOWER 500 M. OF ATMOSPHERE. - Function
-
A DEVICE USED FOR THE CALIBRATION OF THE AIR PRESSURE SENSOR OF A RADIOSONDE. - Technical
-
PART OF A TETHERED BALLOON RADIOSONDE SYSTEM, DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 1960'S & ONTAINING A SPECIALLY DESIGNED PRESSURE TRANSDUCER & SERVOSWITCH MECHANISM FOR THE LOW PRESSURE MECHANISM (1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- black lettering on scale reads 'ORDINATES (PRESSURE CHANGE)' with scale markings for 27 to 94
- Missing
- From CA of 10/20/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- BROWN VENEER/ CLEAR COLOURLESS PLASTIC/ WHITE SCALE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Calculator, air pressure, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1987.0827, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.0827.005/
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