Radiosonde
notes: label: Description
content: This radiosonde, circa 1932, is a production version of an instrument designed by Robert Bureau, who was the first to report the use of a balloon-borne shortwave radio to transmit meteorological data in 1929. Marked "Constructions Mecaniques et Electriques P. de Presale, 104-106, Rue Oberkampf, Paris (XI) Type PTU (Sereal) 3567." The aluminum foil covered box, 27x 16x 14 cm, contains a transmitter (vacuum tube and batteries missing) and elements for measuring temperature (bimetallic), pressure (bourdon tube), and humidity (hair hygrometer). Temperature and pressure were indicated by interruptions in the transmitting signal.
label: Description
content: J. L. Dubois, R. P. Multhauf, and C. A. Ziegler "The Invention and Development of the Radiosonde with A Catalog of Upper-Atmospheric Telemetering Probes in the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution", p.31-36. (https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/2453)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.319827
label: catalog number
content: 319827
label: accession number
content: 240347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radiosonde
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 13.97 cm x 16.51 cm