Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/VACUUM/PEAR/T-H
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0114.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- F-11-90
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS BULB & STEM/ CARBON FILAMENT & PASTE/ PLATINUM LEADS/ METAL BASE/ CORK SEPARATING LEADS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.7 cm
- Width
- 6.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lamp bulbs
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Thomson Houston
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Lynn
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
LIGHTING/ GENERAL/ CLEAR - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S HANDWRITING ON STEM READS: 'ao'/ MFR'S ENGRAVING ON BASE READS: 'PATENTED JAN.7.1879. MAY.12.1885 PATENTS APPLIED FOR. MANF'D BY T-H ELEC. CO. LYNN. MASS. USA'/ MFR'S RAISED PRINT ON BASE OF INSULATION READS: 'F-11-90'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR COLOURLESS BULB & STEM/ BRASS COLOURED BASE
- Decoration
- TWO RAISED RINGS OF TWISTED CORD-LIKE DECORATION AT THE TOP OF THE BASE
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Thomson-Houston Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1992.0114, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0114.001/
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