Grounding device
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Rod
- DATE
- 1888
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0903.009
- MANUFACTURER
- Whitall, Tatum & Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 9
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- bright silver metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 6.7 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
- Whitall
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1880s- early 1900s, and possibly 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
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None, save UHN catalogue no. "981.29 i" printed by hand in white ink on one corner of plate.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Hollow bright silver metal rod.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Whitall, Tatum & Co., Grounding device, after 1888, Artifact no. 2002.0903, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0903.009/
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