Starter, motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 150 HP MOTOR
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0236.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SQUARE D CO. CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- C1B
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- C2344
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal casing and legs.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 89.2 cm
- Width
- 54.2 cm
- Height
- 158.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Conversion
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SQUARE D
- 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
-
USED TO STOP AND START A 150 HP MOTOR AND PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST OVERLOAD, PART OF SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 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 "SQUARE D COMPANY/CANADA LIMITED/TORONTO, ONTARIO/CLASS 8536, H.P. 150/TYPE C1B, PH. 3/ VOLTS 550/110, CY.25/NO. C2344"/plate reading "SQUARE D/1-C" with mfr's name and address/white stencilled "CTR 9" on one end and "CTR 10" on other.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Black enamel painted metal.
- Decoration
- N/A
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SQUARE D CO. CANADA LTD., Starter, motor, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0236, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0236.001/
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