Centrifuge

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OBJECT TYPE: electric/tabletop/2-carrier
DATE: 1920–1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0766.001

MANUFACTURER: Clay-Adams Inc.
MODEL: Junior
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: C109982
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal and rubber components

Dimensions

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

Length: 19.5 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Height: 20.5 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: Clay Adams
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Presumably used c. 1920s +.
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: " TRADE/ [logo; "Clay" and " Adams" arranged in cross formation]/ MARK/ JUNIOR CENTRIFUGE/ CLAY - ADAMS, INC./ NEW YORK, N.Y./ MADE IN U.S.A./ BASE CT1704 114 VOLTS 0,85 AMPS A.C. - D.C. 0-60 CYCLES" printed on metal plate fixed to casing front. Scale 0 to 6 labelled "OFF" and "MAX." also printed on plate. "SERIAL NO./ C109982" also marked on plate. "CLAY - ADAMS" cast in raised print on casing, above plate. "CORNISH" appears in raised print on both sides of plug housing. UHN catalogue no. "981.26.6 C" printed by hand in black ink on casing, below crosspiece.
Missing: None evident. Formerly missing screw in one tube holder in crosspiece replaced by UHN staff prior to transfer to CSTM.
Finish: Grey-brown wrinkle-textured finish on blunt cone-shaped metal casing, and crosspiece housing text tube holders; silver metal rings on crosspiece; silver metal on underside of base. Black rubber covering on metal electrical cord and plug; three black rubber suction feet.
Decoration: N/A

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Clay-Adams Inc., Centrifuge, circa 1920–1950, Artifact no. 2002.0766, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0766.001/

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