Human centrifuge control
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0230.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood console/formica counter top/metal control panel with synthetic and metal controls.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 207.0 cm
- Width
- 107.0 cm
- Height
- 108.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CA 1940? - 1987
- Canada
-
Part of apparatus used with human centrifuge, which was used by Canadian scientists in the development of the F.F.S. (Franks Flying Suit), the first anti-G-suit to be used in actual air operation anywhere in the world. - Function
-
Original operator's desk and controls for human centrifuge. - Technical
-
The centrifuge was the first machine of its kind on the Allied side in WWII. With its aid, anti-gravity suits to protect pilots from high gravity forces during rapid acceleration and alleviate the major problem of pilot blackout were developed. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- Detached control panel, appears to have been partially gutted.
- Finish
- Brown stained and varnished wood/black formica/black enamel painted panel/multicoloured synthetic.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Human centrifuge control, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1987.0230, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0230.001/
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