Radiosonde
notes: label: Description
content: The U.S. Weather Bureau, which transferred this radiosonde to the Smithsonian in 1963, termed it a "prewar" German instrument. The aluminum-painted cardboard box is marked "1054" and "712U" and contains a bimetallic temperature-measuring element, an aneroid barometer, an electric motor with a star selector wheel, and a transmitter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.322312
label: catalog number
content: 322312
label: accession number
content: 247582
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Radiosonde
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/8 in x 23 in x 3 3/8 in; 18.0975 cm x 58.42 cm x 8.5725 cm