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
More Information
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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