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- OBJECT TYPE
- SELENIUM
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0234.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Line Materials Ltd.
- MODEL
- SS1075 SA
- LOCATION
- Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 76729
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING AND PARTS/SYNTHETIC AMPERE AND VOLT METER CASINGS, CONTROLS, LIGHTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 89.0 cm
- Width
- 77.5 cm
- Height
- 122.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Regulation & transformation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- CLM
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Scarborough
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
-
AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE FOR CONVERTING AC CURRENT TO DC, USING A THIN COATING OF SELENIUM ON AN IRON DISK (1) -PART OF POWER SUPPLY 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 FORES DURING RAPID ACCELERATION AND ALLEVIATE THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF PILOT BLACKOUT WERE DEVELOPED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate reading "SELENIUM/RECTIFIER", "A.C. INPUT/VOLTS 5.75/AMPS. 8.5/FREQ. 60/PHASE 3", "D.C. OUTPUT/ VOLTS 220 + 110/AMPS. 20/NO. 76729", "TYPE SS1075FA/MANUFACTURED BY/CANADIAN LINE MATERIALS LTD./ SCARBORO. JUNC. ONT."/meters marked with model and part no. and black lettering "MFD. FOR/CANADIAN LINE MATERIALS LTD./TORONTO 13 ONT.".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- METALLIC GREY PAINTED CASING/BLACK METER CASINGS WITH WHITE FACES/BLACK CONTROLS/RED AND BLACK LIGHTS.
- Decoration
- MANUFACTURER'S LOGO ON MANUFACTURER'S PLATE.
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Canadian Line Materials Ltd., Rectifier, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0234, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0234.001/
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