Pump, vacuum

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OBJECT TYPE: MECHANICAL/GERYK
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0849.001

MANUFACTURER: Central Scientific Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ GROUND GLASS BASE/ RUBBER BASE.

Dimensions

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

Length: 51.0 cm
Width: 41.0 cm
Height: 63.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Chemistry
Category: Laboratory equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: CENCO
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGY SERVICE, POSSIBLY IN THE DEVELOPENT OR MANUFACTURE OF ITS OWN INSTRUMENTS.
Function: A PUMP USED TO EVACUATE THE AIR FROM A CONTAINER, CREATING A PARTIAL VACUUM.
Technical: CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO. MADE THIS PUMP UNTIL AT LEAST THE MID 1920'S. IT WAS BASED ON THE GERYK TYPE & WAS MARKETED AS A 'CENCO-IMPROVED DESIGN'. IN 1921 CENCO INTRODUCED ITS HYVAC PUMP (SEE 970850), THE FIRST OF A NEW SERIES OFVACUUM PUMPS. BY 1936 THE GERYK TYPE HAD BEEN ELIMINATED FROM CENCO'S CATALOGUE (SEE REF.)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE READING 'CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO./LABORATORY APPARATUS/CHICAGO, U.S.A.'
Missing: BELL JAR
Finish: BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED, WITH RED PAINTED AND BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ COPPER TUBING/ BLACK RUBBER.
Decoration: N/A

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Central Scientific Co., Pump, vacuum, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1987.0849, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.0849.001/

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