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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