Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/VACUUM/16CP/90V/PEAR
- DATE
- 1883
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0635.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CARBON FILAMENT/ GLASS BULB & STEM/ METAL (BRASS?) BASE/ WOODEN BASE INSULATION/ BRASS SCREW IN BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.3 cm
- Width
- 7.2 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/ SPECIAL/ SERIES - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LARGER PAPER STICKER ON BULB READS: 'Series Lamp about 1883 obtained from Mr. W.R. Hitchcock, Cornwall, June 1931'/ HANDWRITTEN IN PENCIL IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF SAME LARGE STICKER READS: '#61'/ SMALLER PAPER STICKER ON BULB HAS PRINTED ON IT: 'C.P. Volts No.'/ HANDWRITTEN IN PENCIL ON SAME SMALL STICKER IS: '16 90 [?] 68'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR GLASS BULB & STEM/ LOWER PORTION OF STEM IS LIGHT BLUE/ BRASS COLOURED BASE & SCREW IN CENTER OF BASE UNDERSIDE/ LIGHT COLOURED WOODEN INSULATION/ 2 PAPER RECTANGULAR STICKERS ON BULB, WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING, ONE IS 17mm BY 70mm, THE OTHER IS 5mm BY 45mm/ BASE IS CRACKED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1883, Artifact no. 1992.0635, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0635.001/
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