Tile, floor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- electrically conductive
- DATE
- 1940–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0739.001
- MANUFACTURER
- V.P.I.
- MODEL
- Conductile GY-3TC
- LOCATION
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- rubber
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.7 cm
- Width
- 7.6 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
- VPI
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Wisconsin
- City
- Sheboygan
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of tile believed 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
-
Designed to disperse static charges. - Technical
-
Electrically conductive floor tile used for dispersal of static charges when explosive anaesthetic agents were used. [Ref. 3] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "CONDUCTILE/ GY-3TC/ vpi" marked in gold tone print on one side of tile. Adhesive label applied to tile bears handwritten text: "Electrically conductive/ floor tile for operating/ rooms for dispersal of static/ charges when explosive/ anaesthetic agents were used. UHN catalogue no. "978.28.3a" written by hand in blue ink on small adhesive label applied to upper right corner of reverse.
- Missing
- Unknown.
- Finish
- Grey, black and white abstract pattern rubber tile.
- Decoration
- N/A
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