Radiosonde, 1950s

Object summary

Title: Radiosonde, 1950s
Object ID: GCP-00013123
Date made: 1950s
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Photograph of a radiosonde. The lid of the case is open. The hand of Delbar Pouleur Keily points to an interior mechanism with a pencil. Original caption: "Air pressure measurement device in a radio sonde which is used to sound the atmosphere to heights exceeding 100,000 ft."