Humidifier
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BOILER/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0044.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Capital Humidifier Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PRESSED METAL HOUSING & WATER TANK; COPPER FLOAT TANK; ASBESTOS COVERED BOILER; WOOD & METAL HANDLES; WOOD CASTERS; RUBBER COVERED CORD & PLUG
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 66.1 cm
- Height
- 55.9 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Environment control
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Capital
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO RAISE HUMIDITY IN DRY ROOMS/ WAS DEVELOPED BY SOMEONE IN MR. PLANTES HARDWARE STORE (SPARKS ST., OTTAWA), WHO THEN FORMED THE CO. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE READS: 'CAPITAL HUMIDIFIER CO./ 187 SPARKS ST OTTAWA/ 110 VOLTS WATTS 66/ PAT. PENDING/ H.E.P.C. APP. NO. 5489'/ 'IMPORTANT - CLEAN HEATING/ BOILER EVERY YEAR BY/ REMOVING BOTTOM PLATE' MARKED ABOVE PLATE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- HOUSING METAL WITH TEXTURED BROWN FINISH (EXTERIOR) & SILVER-COLOURED INTERIOR; WATER TANK GALVANIZED? METAL; FLOAT TANK COPPER UNFINISHED; HANDLES WOOD PAINTED BLACK & METAL UNFINISHED; CORD COVERING & PLUG BLACK RUBBER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Capital Humidifier Co., Humidifier, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1977.0044, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0044.001/
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