Vaporizer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/INSECTICIDE
- DATE
- 1950–1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0732.001
- MANUFACTURER
- De-Fly-er of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- 500
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CERAMIC & METAL, FIBRE COVERED CORD WITH SYNTHETIC OR RUBBER PLUG
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.2 cm
- Width
- 12.2 cm
- Height
- 12.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- De Flyer
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO EMIT A MIST OF INSECTICIDE TO KILL FLIES & OTHER INSECTS - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF ELECTRICITY TO PERFORM A FUNCTION AUTOMATICALLY WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE MANUALLY/ IN THIS CASE AN INSECTICIDE MIST CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCED RATHER THAN SPRAYING BY HAND - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON OUTSIDE 'DE-FLY-ER' & 'This device insofar as its safety from/ electric shock and fire hazard is/ concerned has been approved by/ the Canadian Standards Associa-/ tion. The C.S.A. is not concerned/ with the quantity of insecticide dis-/ pensed or its effectiveness.' & 'CAUTION/ For use only with DE-FLY-ER/ chemical P.C.P. No. 3890./ Follow safetydirections./ For continuous use./ HOT - DO NOT TOUCH'/ ON BASE 'DE-FLY-ER OF (CAN) LTD. TORONTO WINNIPEG/ [NOS. ABOVE AN ADJUSTABLE MARKER] 2 4 6 8 10/ 3 6 9 12 15/ CSA/ THOUSAND CUFT/ GRAMS OF LINDANE PER 24 HRS/ 115 W MODEL 500 115 V A.C.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LIGHT GREEN WITH ORANGE MKGS, WHITE LIP ON POT, BLACK CORD WITH WHITE STRIPES
- Decoration
- N/A
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De-Fly-er of Canada Ltd., Vaporizer, circa 1950–1960, Artifact no. 1995.0732, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.0732.001/
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