String, electrocardiograph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- cartridge
- DATE
- 1936–1937
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0904.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cambridge Instrument Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ossining, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 0-8508
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- suspension
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Silver metal housing has black wrinkle-textured finish on top, sides and ends, and on selected areas of recessed underside; clear glass magnifying lens; black woven fabric covering on metal wires; black synthetic fittings; brass adjustment knob.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 3.5 cm
- Height
- 6.0 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
- Cambridge
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Ossining
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This string produced, and presumably used 1936-1937; 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
-
To produce a visual display of the electrical signal produced by the heart. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "CAMBRIDGE INSTR. CO., INC./ NO. 0-8505" printed in white on one long side. "- TO SLACKEN STRING->" with right-facing directional arrow stamped into adjustment knob head. UHN catalogue no. "X969.6.13A" printed by hand in white ink on one short end panel of housing.
- Missing
- String missing from mounting.
- Finish
- Silver metal housing has black wrinkle-textured finish on top, sides and ends, and on selected areas of recessed underside; clear glass magnifying lens; black woven fabric covering on metal wires; black synthetic fittings; brass adjustment knob.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cambridge Instrument Co. Inc., String, electrocardiograph, 1936–1937, Artifact no. 2002.0904, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0904.001/
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