Radiosonde
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- OBJECT TYPE
- VARIABLE RADIO FREQUENCY/ELECTRICAL
- DATE
- 1936–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0104.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Vaisala, V.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Helsinki, Finland
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General Information
- Serial #
- 707156
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLASTIC CASING/ METAL WORKING PARTS & PROTECTORS/ SYNTHETIC & GLASS WORKING PARTS/ CARDBOARD BOX/ PAPER LABEL/ COPPER WIRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.2 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 17.0 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
- Vaisala
- Country
- Finland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Helsinki
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1936-1959
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DEVICE LIFTED BY BALLOON INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO READ TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, & AIR PRESSURE & TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF EARLY VARIABLE RADIO FREQUENCY RADIOSONDE IN WHICH CHANGE IN RADIO FREQUENCY IS USED TO CONVEY VALUESFROM METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENTS OF RADIOSONDE, FIRST DEVELOPED BY V. VAISALA OF HELSINKI IN 1932. THISFIRST GENERATION VAISALA SONDE WAS MADE BETWEEN 1936 & 1959, & USES MOVABLE PLATE CONDENSERS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL READING 'V. VAISALA/ HELSINKI/ NO. 707156/ MADE IN FINLAND'
- Missing
- From CA of 10/25/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes
- Finish
- TRANSPARENT YELLOWED CASING/ BUFF CARDBOARD/ PLATED & GOLD COLOURED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Vaisala, V., Radiosonde, between 1936–1959, Artifact no. 1991.0104, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1991.0104.001/
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