Lamp bulb, incandescent

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OBJECT TYPE: TUNGSTEN/VACUUM/150W/115V/STRAIGHT/SCREW
DATE: 1910–1912
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.0855.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian General Electric Co.
MODEL: SUNBEAM
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: TUNGSTEN FILAMENT/ GLASS BULB, BUTTON ROD & STEM/ BRASS BASE/ FIBER LEADS SEPARATOR/ PAPER STEM INSERT/ PLATINUM LEADS AT SEAL/ COPPER WIRE SUPPORT

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 22.3 cm
Width: 10.7 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: General Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: LIGHTING/ GENERAL/ CLEAR
Technical: EARLY DRAWN WIRE TUNGSTEN FILAMENT LAMP
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RED BORDERED OBLONG PAPER STICKER ON BULB HAS HANDWRITTEN IN PENCIL ON IT: 'Standard #1'/ ORANGE ON WHITE OVAL PAPER STICKER ON BULB READS: '150 WATTS SUNBEAM MAZDA VOLTS', HANDWRITTEN IN PENCIL BELOW THIS IS: '115'/ HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK ON STEM IS: '881 125 48X'/ BLACK ON YELLOW PAPER STEM INSERT HAS INFO & OUTLINE OF A LAMP ON BOTH SIDE, READS: 'THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS LAMP IS LICENSED UNDER PATENTS NOTED ON OTHER SIDE/ JAN 22 1895 APR. 16 1895, APR 28 1903, JAN 19 1897, MAR 30 1909, NOV 8 1904, APR 27 1909, JULY 19 1910. N.P. 6442'/ STAMPED INTO BASE SKIRT NOV. 8. 1904 NOV. 22. 1904'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CLEAR GLASS BULB, BUTTON ROD & STEM/ BRASS COLOURED SKIRTED BASE/ HOLE IN UNDERSIDE OF SKIRT/ BLACK CONTACT RING/ BLACK RING BELOW SKIRT/ A RED BORDERED RECTANGULAR PAPER STICKER IS ON BULB/ ORANGE/RED ON WHITE DUAL PAPER STICKER ON BULB/ BLACK ON YELLOW PAPER STEM INSERT/ WHITE LEADS SEPARATOR/ FILAMENT CONSISTS OF SIX LOOPS SUPPORTEDBY SIX SUPPORTS AT TOP & FIVE AT BOTTOM
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian General Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1910–1912, Artifact no. 1992.0855, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0855.001/

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