Human centrifuge control
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0233.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal casing/ metal and synthetic working parts/ glass tubes/ synthetic meter casings
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 127.0 cm
- Width
- 79.0 cm
- Height
- 244.5 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
- General Electric
- 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
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This unit controlled the power from the power generator for the human centrifuge. - Technical
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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/ CONTROL"/ black lettering on meters reading "GENERAL ELECTRIC/ MADE IN U.S.A./ TYPE D0-71".
- Missing
- Back doors detached
- Finish
- Metallic grey painted casing/black meter casings with white meter faces/black synthetic handle/plated metal handle.
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric, Human centrifuge control, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0233, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0233.001/
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