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split tail wind vane
split tail wind vane

split tail wind vane

Date1940-1960
Inventory Number1996-1-0156
ClassificationWind Vane
Subject
    Maker Sterling P. Fergusson 1868 - 1959
    User Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory 1885-present
    Cultural Region
      Place of Use
        Dimensions52.1 × 118.1 × 29.2 cm (20 1/2 × 46 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionMetal, split tail type wind vane, consisting of a rod with an arrowhead-shape at one end and two metal panels joined to form a v at the other. The metal panels are roughly rectangular, rounded where they join, at the point of the v, and held apart at the wide end with bracing.

          The wind vane rod is attached to a metal upright in such as way as to allow free rotation of the wind vane. A piece of wire is wound around the rod.
          Signedunsigned
          FunctionWind vane, for indicating wind direction; would have been connected to an anemoscope.
          ProvenanceFrom the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, May 1960.
          Historical AttributesIn use 1941-1960. Made by S. P. Fergusson. The metal part from Draper Wind Recorder.
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          Julien P. Friez
          Date: 1885
          Object number: 1996-1-0146
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          split-tail wind vane
          Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
          Date: circa 1885
          Object number: 1996-1-0135
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          metal vane pointer
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          Date: late 19th-early 21st Century
          Object number: BH0045
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          American
          Date: 1900-1950
          Object number: RS1486
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          kite meteorograph
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          Date: date 1898
          Object number: 1996-1-0162
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          direction indicator for wind vane (?)
          American
          Date: 1900-1950
          Object number: 1996-1-0250
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          Friez Selsyn wind recorder
          Julien P. Friez & Sons
          Date: 1920-1929
          Object number: 1998-1-1662
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          kite meteorograph
          Sterling P. Fergusson
          Date: 1895
          Object number: 1998-1-0736
          Draper wind direction and speed recorder
          Draper wind direction and speed recorder
          Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
          Date: 1890-1910
          Accessories: wind vane and anemometer (1996-1-0145b); additional anemometer cup (1996-1-0145c)
          Object number: 1996-1-0145a
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          meteograph case
          Sterling P. Fergusson
          Date: 1885-1920
          Object number: 1996-1-0246
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          thermograph
          Sterling P. Fergusson
          Date: 1894
          Object number: 1998-1-0853
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          self-recording rain gauge
          Sterling P. Fergusson
          Date: date 1888
          Accessories: Instruction pamphlet
          Object number: 1996-1-0088