Chain, grounding

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OBJECT TYPE
N/A
DATE
1940–1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2002.0737.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Unknown

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
metal

Dimensions

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

Length
68.5 cm
Width
1.1 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
Unknown
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
Period
Used c. 1945-1970.
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 ground operating room equipment to electrically conductive flooring.
Technical
Used for grounding of O.R. [operating room] equipment to electrically conductive flooring to prevent the accumulation of static electricity in the presence of flammable/explosive anaesthetic agents. [Ref. 3]
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
None, save UHN catalogue no. "979.28.1" printed by hand in white ink on one chain link.
Missing
Unknown: artifact is length of severed chain.
Finish
Dull silver metal.
Decoration
N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Chain, grounding, circa 1940–1945, Artifact no. 2002.0737, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0737.001/

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