General Information

Serial #

68-696

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BASE, MECHANISM, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CASING COVER, ELECTROMAGNETIC COVERING, PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length

38.5 cm

Width

21.6 cm

Height

21.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Surface wind speed & direction measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Environment CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1960's +

Canada

A RECORDER USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE WITH THE ANEMOMETER DEVELOPED BY JOHN PATTERSON OF M.S.C. IN THE 1920'S; SUCCESSIVE VARIATIONS OF THIS WERE USED FOR DECADES BY THE CANADIAN SERVICE.

Function

A RECORDER FOR WIND SPEED & DIRECTION DATA RECEIVED FROM A SEPARATE ANEMOMETER, WHICH REGISTERS THE DATA ON A PAPER CHART.

Technical

A LATER VERSION OF M.S.C.'S EVENT RECORDER DEVELOPED IN THE 1930'S & USED AS ANEMOGRAPHS & RAIN GAUGE RECORDERS. THIS TYPE AD SEEMS IDENTICAL TO MSC TYPE D ILLUSTRATED IN THE 1966 & 1982 LITERATURE (REF. 1 & 2), WITH THE SPEED PEN STILL CONTROLLED BYAN ELECTROMAGNET & ARMATURE & THE VELOCITY PENS BY A MICROSWITCH.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Incised red lettering on base reading: 'M.S.C./ ANEMOGRAPH/ SER NO. AD 68-696'.

Missing

From CA of 11/04/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

TEXTURED GREEN PAINTED BASE/ BLACK WRINKLE FINISHED MECHANISM MOUNT SIDES/ PLATED AND METALLIC PARTS/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT COVER/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC.

Decoration

N/A