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OBJECT TYPE: CLINICAL/ELECTRIC
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1222.001

MANUFACTURER: INTERNATIONAL EQUIPMENT CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: W6272
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL BODY & BASE/ BRASS CENTRIFUGE HEAD/ RUBBER POWER CABLE/ BAKELITE BASE `CAP'/ RUBBER STOPS IN BOTTOM OF METAL SHIELD

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 34.0 cm
Height: 30.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Chemistry
Category: Laboratory equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: INTERNATIONAL
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Boston

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO SEPARATE A MIXTURE OR SUSPENSION OF MATERIALS OF SIMILAR DENSITIES BY MEANS OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE. THE SMALLER THE DIFFERENCE IN DENSITIES THE GREATER THE FORCE REQUIRED.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK & YELLOW STICKERON BASE READS: `CANADA/ AGRICULTURE/ 008558/ A320'/ BLACK & SILVER MFR PLATE ON BASE READS: `OFF/ INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL CENTRIFUGE/ VOLTS 110 AC OR DC NO W6272/ MADE IN USA BY/ INTERNATIONAL EQUIPMENT CO. BOSTON, MASS/ ON'/ PLATE BELOW ON/OFF SWITCH IS: `FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO., LIMITED/ MONTREAL'/ SCRATCHED ON UPPER RIM IS: `OP5077017'/ IN RAISED FIGURES ON BASE OUTER RIM IS: `4155'/ IN RAISED LETTERS ON BASE IS: `OFF ON/ WARD LEONARD ELECTRIC CO/ MOUNT VERNON NY USA/ VITROHM RHEOSTAT'/ ON CENTRIFUGE HEAD IN CAST RAISED FIGURES IS: `211'/ HANDWRITTEN IN WHITE ON SWITCH IS: `[?] 235/ [?] 0.8-0.8'
Missing: 15ML METAL SHIELDS?
Finish: EXTERIOR IS PAINTED GREY/BROWN WITH CRACKLE FINISH/ CENTRIFUGE HEAD IS YELLOW (BRASS) IN COLOUR
Decoration: N/A

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INTERNATIONAL EQUIPMENT CO., Centrifuge, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.1222, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1222.001/

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