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OBJECT TYPE: SELENIUM
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0234.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Line Materials Ltd.
MODEL: SS1075 SA
LOCATION: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 76729
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING AND PARTS/SYNTHETIC AMPERE AND VOLT METER CASINGS, CONTROLS, LIGHTS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 89.0 cm
Width: 77.5 cm
Height: 122.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Regulation & transformation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: CLM
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Scarborough

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: AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE FOR CONVERTING AC CURRENT TO DC, USING A THIN COATING OF SELENIUM ON AN IRON DISK (1) -PART OF POWER SUPPLY 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 FORES DURING RAPID ACCELERATION AND ALLEVIATE THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF PILOT BLACKOUT WERE DEVELOPED.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate reading "SELENIUM/RECTIFIER", "A.C. INPUT/VOLTS 5.75/AMPS. 8.5/FREQ. 60/PHASE 3", "D.C. OUTPUT/ VOLTS 220 + 110/AMPS. 20/NO. 76729", "TYPE SS1075FA/MANUFACTURED BY/CANADIAN LINE MATERIALS LTD./ SCARBORO. JUNC. ONT."/meters marked with model and part no. and black lettering "MFD. FOR/CANADIAN LINE MATERIALS LTD./TORONTO 13 ONT.".
Missing: N/A
Finish: METALLIC GREY PAINTED CASING/BLACK METER CASINGS WITH WHITE FACES/BLACK CONTROLS/RED AND BLACK LIGHTS.
Decoration: MANUFACTURER'S LOGO ON MANUFACTURER'S PLATE.

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Canadian Line Materials Ltd., Rectifier, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0234, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0234.001/

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