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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0482.014

MANUFACTURER: SANBORN CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 14
Total Parts: 18
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: white synthetic; black markings

Dimensions

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

Length: 31.3 cm
Width: 2.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Medical equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SANBORN
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Waltham

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS UNIT PRESUMABLY USED MID-1950S+.
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF EQ. ACQUIRED BY THE MUSEUM OFMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FROM APPARATUS DISCARDED BY THE CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH [CAMH] AND RELATED FACILITIES (IE. CLARKE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY) IN TORONTO. CAMH FOUNDED IN 1860S AS PROVINCIAL ASYLUM OF TORONTO. (REF. 1)
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "FEMALE AGE", "MALE AGE", "WEIGHT WITHOUT CLOTHES [in] POUNDS", "HEIGHT WITHOUT SHOES [in] INCHES", "BMR", and "ENGLISH SIDE/ For metric side turn this slider over" on one side; "FEMALE AGE", "MALE AGE", "WEIGHT WITHOUT CLOTHES [in] KILOGRAMS", "HEIGHT WITHOUT SHOES [in] CENTIMETERS", "BMR", and "METRIC SIDE/ For English side turn this slider over" on reverse.
Missing: Complete.
Finish: White synthetic; black markings.
Decoration: N/A

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SANBORN CO., Slide rule, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2001.0482, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0482.014/

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