Radiosonde
Radiosonde
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- Description
- The U.S. Weather Bureau, which transferred this radiosonde to the Smithsonian, described it as an experimental model for high altitude weather observations, made ca. 1942. A label on the pressed paper container reads "SIMMONDS CHRONOMETRIC RADIOSONDE... SIMMONDS AEROCESSARIES, INC., NEW YORK” and “P.B. I21." Inside is a blocking oscillator, an FM transmitter, and a clock-driven switch. Sensors for measuring temperature (bimetallic), pressure (aneroid), and humidity (hair hydrometer) are attached. Simmonds Aeroccessories, Inc. may have been a British firm with an American office.
- Ref: “New Weather Aid Now Perfected,” American Aviation 6 (1942): 35.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Radiosonde
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 7 in x 6 5/8 in; 27.94 cm x 17.78 cm x 16.8275 cm
- ID Number
- PH.322308
- catalog number
- 322308
- accession number
- 247582
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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