Radiosonde
notes: label: Description
content: The U.S. Weather Bureau transferred this radiosonde to the Smithsonian in 1963, terming it a Lang-Reichsamt fur Wetterdienst instrument. An inscription on the white plastic case reads “WSE 2 / Gerät-Nr. 124-75 A / Arf-Zeichen Ln 28790.” Karl Otto Heinrich Lange (1903-1973) was a German pioneer in aviation and atmospheric science. His radiosonde, introduced in 1936, utilized the chronometric method of transmitting measurements of temperature and humidity by interrupting the radio signal.
label: Description
content: Ref: John L. DuBois, Invention and Development of the Radiosonde with a Catalog of Upper-Atmospheric Telemetering Probes in the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C., 2002), pp. 44-45.
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.322311
label: catalog number
content: 322311
label: accession number
content: 247582
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Radiosonde
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 12 in x 6 1/4 in; 34.29 cm x 30.48 cm x 15.875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 13 5/8 in x 12 in; 15.875 cm x 34.6075 cm x 30.48 cm