Human centrifuge control

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0230.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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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://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0230.001/

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