Chain, grounding
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1940–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0737.001
- 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
- metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 68.5 cm
- Width
- 1.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Medical equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Used c. 1945-1970.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
To ground operating room equipment to electrically conductive flooring. - Technical
-
Used for grounding of O.R. [operating room] equipment to electrically conductive flooring to prevent the accumulation of static electricity in the presence of flammable/explosive anaesthetic agents. [Ref. 3] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None, save UHN catalogue no. "979.28.1" printed by hand in white ink on one chain link.
- Missing
- Unknown: artifact is length of severed chain.
- Finish
- Dull silver metal.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Chain, grounding, circa 1940–1945, Artifact no. 2002.0737, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0737.001/
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