Rod, spark regulating

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1900–1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0703.002

MANUFACTURER: McIntosh Battery & Optical Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: core
Patents: N/A
General Description: synthetic casing; metal [iron?] rods.

Dimensions

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

Length: 21.3 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 2.3 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: McIntosh
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used in early 20th c.
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: To assist in regulating or controlling intensity of electric pulse delivered.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "X969.87 A" printed by hand in white ink on rod.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Hollow tube-shaped black synthetic casing is packed with fine metal [iron?] rods.
Decoration: N/A

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McIntosh Battery & Optical Co., Rod, spark regulating, circa 1900–1925, Artifact no. 2002.0703, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0703.002/

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