parachute for radiosonde
Dateca. 1890-1940
Inventory Number1998-1-0570
ClassificationRadiosonde
Subject
Maker
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
1885-present
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Place of Use
Dimensionsparachute: 9 × 42 × 42 cm (3 9/16 × 16 9/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
blue board box: 13.3 × 60.3 × 54.8 cm (5 1/4 × 23 3/4 × 21 9/16 in.)
blue board box: 13.3 × 60.3 × 54.8 cm (5 1/4 × 23 3/4 × 21 9/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionA parachute for a radiosonde instrument; consists of a bamboo circle with light blue/green parachute attached to it by many strings. The parachute has a loop of twine at the tip.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedhandwritten tag in pencil: Parachute for Blue Hill / radiosonde / Oct. 22, 1958
Functionparachute to slow the return of a radiosonde instrument to earth.
ProvenanceBlue Hill Meteorological Observatory; transferred to CHSI October 22, 1958.
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Date: late 19th-early 21st Century
Object number: 1998-1-0738
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Date: ca. 1920-1937
Object number: 1998-1-0842
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Date: ca. 1935-1945
Accessories: card with instrument info
Object number: 1998-1-0875
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Date: ca. 1920-1940
Object number: 1998-1-0829
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Date: ca. 1900-1930
Object number: 1998-1-0877
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Date: 20th-mid 20th Century
Object number: 1997-1-1806
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: 1996-1-0239
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: packed in wooden case with cotton
Object number: 1998-1-0308
Feiber Instrument Company
Date: ca. 1930-1936
Object number: 1998-1-0872a
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Date: circa 1958
Object number: 1998-1-0628
Feiber Instrument Company
Date: ca. 1930-1936
Object number: 1998-1-0873