Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/PORTABLE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0557.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MACLEOD, J.K. & CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- RELIANCE
- 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
- The lamp is metal, mostly of aluminum; it has a wire mesh front; electrical units; carbon rods.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.9 cm
- Width
- 18.1 cm
- Height
- 42.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MACLEOD
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
The lamp was made in Canada. - Function
-
It was used as a light source (although the donor assumed it was an electric heater). - Technical
-
The arc lamp is an example of a low voltage portable light source. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate bears following info: '110 VOLTS OR D.C./10 AMPS/RELIANCE/CATALOG NO./1200/CSA APP.NO.5791/ J.K. MacLEOD & CO. LIMITED TORONTO./CANADA/CAUTION: DISCONNECT CORD BEFORE INSERTING NEW CARBONS./THIS DEVICE, INSOFAR AS ITS SAFETY FROM ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND FIRE HAZARD/IS CONCERNED HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CANADIAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION./THE CSA IS NOT CONCERNED WITH THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE/RADIATION FROM THE DEVICE. KEEP INFLAMMABLE MATERIALS AWAYFROM THIS/LAMP. TO BE USED ON WALL OR BASE RECEPTACLE ONLY."
- Missing
- Carbon rods broken.
- Finish
- Lamp is silver coloured; black metal base has wrinkle-texture finish.
- Decoration
- None
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MACLEOD, J.K. & CO. LTD., Lamp, electric arc, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1985.0557, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0557.001/
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