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

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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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V.P.I., Tile, floor, circa 1940–1945, Artifact no. 2002.0739, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0739.001/

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