Radiosonde
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AUDIO-MODULATED/ELECTRICAL/REUSABLE
- DATE
- 1962
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0090.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MOLDED INSULATION CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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
- CARDBOARD CASING WITH PLASTIC PARTS/ SYNTHETIC, METAL, & GLASS WORKING PARTS/ PLASTIC TRANSMITTER CONE/ CORD/ FABRIC STRAP WITH METAL RING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.8 cm
- Width
- 12.4 cm
- Height
- 21.5 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
- MOLDED
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1962
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DEVICE RAISED BY BALLOON INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE,HUMIDITY, & AIR PRESSURE & TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH. WIND SPEED & DIRECTION CAN BE DETERMINED BY TRACKING RADIOSONDE. - Technical
-
A 1960'S STYLE OF AMERICAN RADIOSONDE, CONTROLLED BY A BAROSWITCH WHICH HAS AN ANEROID SENSOR & ALSO SWITCHES IN THE CERAMIC ROD THEMISTOR (TEMPERATURE SENSOR) & ELECTROLYTIC PLASTIC STRIP HYGRISTOR,& REFERENCE RESISTORS. THESE ELEMENTS ARE HOUSED IN A CARDBOARD CASING WITH AN OUTRIGGER & TRANSMITTER CONE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLUE LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/ WEATHER BUREAU/ RADIOSONDE/ SERIAL NO./ FRONT/ A VIZ/ Product of/ MOLDED INSULATION CO/ PHILA PA/ BATTERY'/ MAILING INSTRUCTIONS & 'NOTICE TO FINDER' IN BLUE LETTERING ON SIDE/ INSTRUMENT COMPARTMENT DOOR INTERIOR STAMPED'MAR 30 1962'/ '1962' WRITTEN IN RED ON FRONT
- Missing
- HUMIDITY SENSOR (POSSIBLY PLASTICIZED METAL STRIP)/ BATTERIES From CA of 10/25/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing hygristor
- Finish
- WHITE CASING & CONE/ WHITE CORD & FABRIC/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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MOLDED INSULATION CO., Radiosonde, 1962, Artifact no. 1991.0090, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1991.0090.001/
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