Tile, floor

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OBJECT TYPE: electrically conductive
DATE: 1940–1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0739.003

MANUFACTURER: V.P.I.
MODEL: Conductile BK-3TC
LOCATION: Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: rubber

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.7 cm
Width: 7.6 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: VPI
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Wisconsin
City: Sheboygan

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This type of tile believed 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: Designed to disperse static charges.
Technical: Electrically conductive floor tile used for dispersal of static charges when explosive anaesthetic agents were used. [Ref. 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "CONDUCTILE/ BK-3TC/ vpi/ SHEBOYGAN - WISCONSIN" marked in gold tone print on one side of tile. UHN catalogue no. "978.28.3c" written by hand in blue ink on small adhesive label applied to upper right corner of reverse.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Black, grey and white abstract pattern rubber tile.
Decoration: N/A

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V.P.I., Tile, floor, circa 1940–1945, Artifact no. 2002.0739, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0739.003/

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