Lamp, gas
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BICYCLE/ACETYLENE/CARBIDE
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0255.001
- MANUFACTURER
- LUCAS, JOS. LTD.
- MODEL
- MEDIOPHOTE
- LOCATION
- Birmingham, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 333
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLATED BRASS BODY/ METAL BRACKET/ GLASS LENS & SIDE JEWELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.2 cm
- Width
- 8.3 cm
- Height
- 15.0 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
- LUCAS
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Birmingham
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THE CARBIDE/ACETYLENE PROCESS UTILIZED IN THIS LAMP WAS DISCOVERED BY CANADIAN T. WILLSON - Function
-
PROVIDE & PROJECT LIGHT FOR A BICYCLE - Technical
-
PROVIDE SAFE, EFFICIENT & PORTABLE ILLUMINCATION FOR CYCLISTS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST RAISED LETTERING ABOVE LENS ON BRASS PLATE READS: 'JOS. LUCAS LTD/ MEDIOPHOTE/ BIRMINGHAM'/ STAMPED INTO UPPER EXTERIOR & LOWER INTERIOR BRACKET ARMS IS: 'JOS. LUCAS LTD/ PATENTED/ BIRMINGHAM'/ STAMPED INTO REAR OF BRACKET IS: 'PATENTED'/ STAMPED INTO CARBIDE CHAMBERS SIDE IS: 'DO NOT FILL CARBIDE ABOVE THIS LINE/ NO 333'/ KNURL RIMMED KNOB BELOW HAS: 'TO OPEN/ USE COIN' STAMPED IN/ STAMPED INTO GAS TIP HOLDER IS: 'BRAY 371 FINAX CYCLE 7 LITRES'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PLATED BODY/ CLEAR GLASS/ RED & GREEN GLASS SIDE JEWELS
- Decoration
- THREE KNOBS HAVE KNURLED RIMS
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LUCAS, JOS. LTD., Lamp, gas, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1981.0255, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0255.001/
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