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- OBJECT TYPE
- PHOTOELECTRIC
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0237.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Schenectady, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING AND MOUNTING BRACKET/METAL AND GLASS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 12.5 cm
- Height
- 18.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Electricity & electronics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Schenectady
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 POWER SYSTEM FOR HUMAN CENTRIFUGE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. - 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 FORES DURING RAPID ACCELERATION AND ALLEVIATE THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF PILOT BLACKOUT WERE DEVELOPED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate reading "GENERAL ELECTRIC/PHOTOELECTRIC RELAY/CR 7505-K1, CAT. 4983062/VOLTS 115, CYCLES 25/ CONNECTIONS K-5185009", "BEFORE INSTALLING OR OPERATING READ INST. GEH-913" and "SCHENECTADY, N.Y., MADE IN U.S.A."/white stenciled "RY 10" on end.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CASING ORIGINALLY PAINTED BLACK, NOW LIBERALLY SPRINKLED WITH GREY/GREY ENAMELPAINTED BRACKET.
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric, Relay, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0237, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0237.001/
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