Lamp, gas
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BICYCLE/ACETYLENE/CARBIDE
- DATE
- 1901–1914
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0643.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Badger Brass Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- SOLAR
- LOCATION
- Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLATED BRASS CASING/ GLASS/ CERAMIC FISH TALE BURNER/ ALUMINUM REFLECTOR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.7 cm
- Width
- 10.8 cm
- Height
- 17.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Cycles & cycling
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Badger
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Wisconsin
- City
- Kenosha
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED BETWEEN THE EARLY 1900S AND THE 1930S
- Canada
-
CARBIDE/ACETYLENE PROCESS UTILIZED IN THIS LAMP WAS DISCOVERED BY CANADIAN T. WILLSON - Function
-
DEVICE USED FOR ILLUMINATION ON BICYCLE - Technical
-
PROVIDE SAFE, EFFICIENT & PORTABLEILLUMINATION FOR CYCLISTS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERING ON VENT HOOD READS: 'SOLAR'; & ON WATER TANK REAR IS: 'THE BADGER BRASS MFG. CO./ KENOSHA, WIS. U.S.A.'/ STAMPED INTO UNDERSIDE IS: 'PAT. IN U.S. FEB. 4 1896/ JAN. 21 1899/ FEB. 7 1899/ >>>> ENGLAND/ FEB. 4 1896/ MAY 12 1898/ >>>> CANADA JUN. 15 1899'
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- PLATED CASING/ CLEAR GLASS/ RED & GREEN SIDE JEWELS
- Decoration
- RAISED CURVED LEAF MOTIF ON VENT COVER/ SUNBURST DESIGN ON WATER TANK REAR/ KNURLED EFFECT AROUND CARBIDE TANK
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Badger Brass Mfg. Co., Lamp, gas, circa 1901–1914, Artifact no. 1976.0643, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0643.001/
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