Baroswitch
notes: label: Description
content: The “WIT” inscription on this 1942 baroswitch refers to the Washington Institute of Technology, an organization that designed and oversaw the manufacture of radiosondes for the U.S. Navy. The Plaskon Co., which supplied the plastic, donated it to the Smithsonian in 1944.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Plaskon Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.312800
label: catalog number
content: 312800
label: accession number
content: 162632
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Radiosonde
label: Object Name
content: radio sonde-track barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 9.525 cm x 13.335 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 8.89 cm x 13.335 cm