Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- METALLIC/660W/250W
- DATE
- 1897
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0524.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- NERNST LAMP
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLATINUM WIRE/ PORCELAIN BASE/ METAL, (BRASS?) BASE/ ZIRCONIUM OXIDE BURNERS/ COPPER CONNECTIONS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.5 cm
- Width
- 9.7 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
LIGHTING/ GENERAL - Technical
-
NERNST LAMPS MORE EFFICIENT THAT CARBON BUT LESS THAN TUNGSTEN/ HAD INITIAL EFFICIENCY OF 5 LPW, CARBON WAS 3.5 LPW/ VARIOUS METAL OXIDES MIXED TOGETHER & FORMED INTO A GLOWER/ TO PREHEAT GLOWER A PLATINUM WIREUSED/ RESISTANCE OF GLOWER DECREASES AS CURRENT INCREASES SO A BALLAST USED AS STEADYING RESISTANCE IN SERIES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- IN RAISED LETTERS AROUND BASE IS: '660W 250V'/ PRINTED ON LOWER PORTION OF BURNER SUPPORT IS: '110V 8 AMP (?) PER'
- Missing
- No missing parts obvious.
- Finish
- UPPER PORTION OF BASE IS TARNISHED BLACK BRASS LIKE METAL/ LOWER PORTION OF BASE IS WHITE PORCELAIN WHICH WIDENS AT BASE TO ACT AS A STAND, HAS TWO SCREW HOLES & TWO COPPER CONNECTION PLATES. WHITE GLASS DETACHABLE GLOBE (now .002)
- Decoration
- METAL PIECE OF BASE HAS ON ITS LOWER SECTION A SERIES OF RAISED VERTICAL LINES SURMOUNTED BY A TENDRIL LIKE REPEATED CIRCULAR DECORATION/ ABOVE THIS DECORATION ARE FOUR SERIES OF HOLES, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AS HEAT VENTS BUT ALSO SERVING A DECORATIVE FUNCTION
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1897, Artifact no. 1992.0524, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0524.001/
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