Mount, radiometer

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OBJECT TYPE: gimbal/shipboard
DATE: 1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0316.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: synthetic casing and parts/ metal mount, counterweight, connector, parts

Dimensions

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

Length: 36.0 cm
Width: 36.0 cm
Height: 37.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This instrument was apparently in use for 35 years (Ref. 3).
Canada: Part of a large collection of meteorological instruments acquired from the Meteorological Service of Canada (previously Atmospheric Environment Service) by the CSTM since 1967. MSC is the government agency responsible for collecting and disseminating meteorological data and forecasts in Canada. It was founded in 1871 in Toronto where it is still headquartered. The MSC was originally on the University of Toronto downtown campus but moved to Downsview in 1971 on land owned by UofT. The headquarters houses laboratories, research facilities and calibration and instrument maintenance facilities (now largely contracted out).
Function: A mount for a meteorological radiometer used on a ship; the gimbal mount keeps the instrument level and unaffected by changes in orientation of the craft.
Technical: A gimbal is a mechanical mounting frame having two mutually perpendicular axes of rotation; a gimbal mount is equipped with gimbals and is commonly used to support a nautical compass or instrument (Ref. 2). Due to the continuous rolling of ships a sea it is impossible to measure the global solar radiation from a fixed sensor. This gimbal mount with its heavy counterweight keeps the sensor level, at least for moderate seas (Ref. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: none
Missing: appears complete
Finish: white synthetic casing and door/ glossy white painted and gold coloured radiometer mount/ dark grey metal connector
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Mount, radiometer, circa 1969, Artifact no. 2004.0316, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2004.0316.001/

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