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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/SPEED 750/KW 175/250V/700 AMP
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0232.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- MPC6
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 291950
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal casings and parts/synthetic cables and parts.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 213.0 cm
- Width
- 137.0 cm
- Height
- 132.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
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
-
Part of secondary power source 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
- Plate reading "GENERAL ELECTRIC/DIRECT CURRENT GENERATOR/NO. 291950, ENG NOTICE 55262/TYPE MPC6, KW 175, SPEED 750/VOLTS FULL LOAD 250/AMP. 700/SHUNT WOUND, SEP EXC" and "PATENTED 1929, INSTR. BOOK GEH 709G/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LIMITED/TORONTO, CANADA".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Casing painted dark grey or black/brown painted parts/black synthetic/grey casing part.
- Decoration
- Metal plate with embossed "GE" logo mounted on casing/"2129" painted in white on casing/brass plated withincised "203" on casing.
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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Generator, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1987.0232, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0232.001/
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