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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

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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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