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OBJECT TYPE: MANUAL/5 KEY
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0665.001

MANUFACTURER: Clay-Adams Co. Inc.
MODEL: Multiple Lab Counter
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal, synthetic and paper component parts.

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.2 cm
Width: 10.1 cm
Height: 5.5 cm
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: Clay Adams
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This counter presumably used c. 1930s+
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Used for counting jobs in the laboratory which typically involve working at the microscopic level. This example used for counting blood cells/cell components.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "[logo- "ADAMS", in form of cross]/ MULTIPLE LAB. COUNTER/ Press keys down one at a time/ MADE IN U.S.A./ CLAY-ADAMS/ CO./ INC./ New York" printed on plate fixed to casing, above display window. "NEUT", "BAND", EOS", "MONO", "LYMPH" and "TOTAL" printed [l to r] by hand on paper insert above keys. UHN catalogue number "986.1.2" printed by hand in white ink on casing back.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: Black wrinkle-finish on metal casing; clear synthetic window over off-white synthetic numerical display. Counter has red and white key covers. Off-white paper label with clear synthetic protective cover forms label above keys.
Decoration: N/A

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Clay-Adams Co. Inc., Counter, circa 1930, Artifact no. 2002.0665, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0665.001/

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