Centrifuge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- electric/tabletop/2-carrier
- DATE
- 1900–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0767.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Betz, Frank S. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Hammond, Indiana, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 38311
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal [including probably aluminium], wood, synthetic [possibly bakelite], and fibre components
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 15.9 cm
- Height
- 20.2 cm
- 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
- Betz
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Indiana
- City
- Hammond
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably used during first half of 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
-
Unknown - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Metal plate fixed to centrifuge casing front reads " FRANK S. BETZ CO./ HAMMOND, IND./ V. 110 CY. [blank] AMP. 1/ TYPE [blank] No. 88310". UHN catalogue no. "976.9.3" printed by hand in white ink on casing back.
- Missing
- Missing screw in one tube holder in crosspiece.
- Finish
- Wooden base painted black; cast metal casing painted black on lower half, silver grey on upper portion, including crosspiece. Brown fabric covering on electrical cord; black bakelite [?] plug cover. NB: One silver metal tube shield [probably aluminium] and brass-colour collar could not be removed at time of cataloguing.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Betz, Frank S. Co., Centrifuge, circa 1900–1950, Artifact no. 2002.0767, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0767.001/
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