Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/BROMINE/16CP/104V/PEAR/T-H
- DATE
- 1893
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0973.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Waring Electric Co.
- MODEL
- NOVAK
- LOCATION
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CARBON FILAMENT/ GLASSBULB & STEM/ PLATINUM LEADS THROUGH SEAL/ BRASS BASE/ FIBER BOARD INSULATION
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.9 cm
- Width
- 6.3 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
- Waring
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boston
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
LIGHTING/ GENERAL/ CLEAR - Technical
-
LAMP USES BROMINE AS A GETTER TO REDUCE BULB DISCOLOURATION/ THIS LAMP IS A VERY EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF A GETTER - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RECTANGULAR PAPER STICKER ON BULB IS BLACK ON WHITE WITH MODEL NAME IN RED READS: 'PAT. MAY 9, 1893. 104 V NOVAK 16 C.P.'/ HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK ON SAME STICKER IS: '12 20/93'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR GLASS BULB & STEM/ BRASS COLOURED BASE & CONNECTION RING/ RED BASE INSULATION/ RECTANGULAR PAPER STICKER ON BULB, RED & BLACK ON WHITE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Waring Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1893, Artifact no. 1992.0973, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0973.001/
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