Chimney-piece

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OBJECT TYPE: divided
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0819.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: home built
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

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

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.0 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Height: 7.2 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: Revell
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Made and presumably used c.1940; possibly also used later.
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: Revell divided chimney-piece was copied by mass-producer Heidbrink, mfr. of the Bloomquist pediatric [anesthesiology] equipment. According to Revell, this piece is the "sine qua non" of his circulator, while it evolved through a series of prototypes. [Ref. 5 & 6]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "990.5.7" printed by hand in white ink on central tube.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Silver metal [chrome ?] plated finish on brass-colour metal tubing.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Chimney-piece, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0819, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0819.001/

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