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OBJECT TYPE: AC/0.5 HP
DATE: 1937
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0238.001

MANUFACTURER: HOOVER CO. LTD.
MODEL: A410G
LOCATION: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 931492 V12
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal casing/metal and synthetic parts.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 29.2 cm
Width: 20.0 cm
Height: 17.0 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: HOOVER
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Hamilton

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 supply 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 forces during rapid acceleration and alleviate the major problem of pilot blackout were developed.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate reading "HOOVER/PATENTED IN CANADA OCTOBER 19 1937/A.C. MOTOR/MODEL A410G/H.P. 1/2/VOLTS 110/ FRAME HOOVER 118/CYCLE 60, TYPE SBO/PHASE 1, AMP 8.2/R.P.M. 1725/SERIAL 931492 V12/MADE IN CANADA BY/THE HOOVER COMPANY/LIMITED/HAMILTON ONTARIO CANADA"/white "2122" painted on casing top.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Black painted casing/metallic parts/brown and yellow synthetic.
Decoration: Brass plate with incised "19" on casing.

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HOOVER CO. LTD., Motor, after 1937, Artifact no. 1987.0238, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0238.001/

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