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Lithium-Ion batteries in Canada: Documenting a technological revolution

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Erich Weidenhammer
Curator, University of Toronto Scientific Instrument Collection
Apr 1, 2022
Asbestos in mineral form. The mineral is greenish and white in colour and there are visible strands of asbestos fibres.
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Artifacts and asbestos: Managing hazards at Ingenium

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Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Jan 18, 2022
When it comes to hazardous artifacts, we’re doing "asbestos" we can! Learn how the Conservation team for the Ingenium museums manages potentially dangerous objects.
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A door to the past: Inscriptions offer a glimpse into Canada’s mining history

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Rebecca Dolgoy
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Apr 6, 2021
What can graffiti teach us about the past? A door that once stood inside an Ontario mine is covered in layers of inscriptions, detailing the thoughts of the miners who worked there.
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Life on Mars? Billion-year-old water found near Timmins could offer glimpse into the past

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Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Jan 14, 2021
An ancient water sample is now part of the Ingenium collection, and is connected to the possibility of life on Mars.
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Digital Archives: The iron ore crisis in Bathurst, New Brunswick

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Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Apr 3, 2018
In honour of Archives Awareness Week (April 2-8), Ingenium is highlighting a few gems taken from our digital collection. The captions displayed here are the original text. During the Second World War, iron was a vital commodity for ship building, as well as rails, guns, and munitions manufacturing. Raw ore was shipped from Little Bell Island, Newfoundland, among other mines, to Sydney, Nova Scotia, where it was made into steel. In September 1942, two ships waiting to be filled with ore were sunk

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