Radiosonde
notes: label: Description
content: The U.S. Weather Bureau transferred this radiosonde to the Smithsonian in 1964. This corrugated white cardboard box contains a transmitter, a barometric switch, and sensing elements for measuring temperature (thermistor) and pressure (aneroid). The humidity sensor is missing. Inscriptions read “UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / WEATHER BUREAU / RADIOSONDE / SERIAL NO. 37-00006” and “VIZ / product / of / MOLDED INSULATION CO. / PHILA, PA.” The date stamp is Feb. 8, 1963.
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.324238
label: catalog number
content: 324238
label: accession number
content: 254096
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Radiosonde
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 1/4 in x 5 in x 6 3/4 in; 51.435 cm x 12.7 cm x 17.145 cm