Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/FLAME/AC
- DATE
- 1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1611.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- 169258
- LOCATION
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 93453
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, INCLUDING FERROUS METAL, BRASS, & A COPPER CASE/ INSULATORS ARE PORCELAIN, MICA & PROBABLY COMPRESSED ASBESTOS/ PT OF CARBON REMAINS IN PLACE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 70.0 cm
- Width
- 45.0 cm
- Height
- 45.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Westinghouse
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Pittsburgh
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- COMMERCIAL ARC LIGHTING FIRST USED 1870'S/ DECLINED AFTER C.1910/ SELDOM USED FOR SPACE LIGHTING BY 1940'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR STREET LIGHTING, IN WAREHOUSES, FOUNDRIES, WHARVES, LIGHTHOUSES ETC. - Technical
-
THIS LAMP HAD A LONGER BURNING LIFE & IMPROVED DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT COMPARED WITH OTHER FLAME ARC LAMPS/ ENCLOSING THE ARC CHAMBER GREATLY INCREASED THE BURNING LIFE OF THE CARBONS & IN THE FLAMING ARC LAMP,UNLIKE THE STANDARD ENCLOSED ARC LAMP, THE EFFICIENCY WAS REDUCED VERY LITTLE BY THE INCLOSURE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE 'WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG. CO./ PITTSBURG, PA., U.S.A./ Flame Carbon Arc Lamp/ A.C. Series/ [5]0 Terminal Volts 10 Amperes 60 Cycles/ Style No. 169258 A Serial No. 93453'/ CARBON STAMPED WITH VARIOUS NUMBERS & LETTERS, PARTIALLY LEGIBLE, INCLUDE 'WHITE FLAME 4524H--1COLU'
- Missing
- MISSING ORIGINAL GLOBE
- Finish
- CASE HAS BLACK OXIDE FINISH, LOWER SIDE OF REFLECTOR IS WHITE/ PTS ARE WHITE, BLACK, BRASS-COLOUR & GREY
- Decoration
- UPPER & LOWER CASES HAVE SOME RAISED BANDS OF RIDGES RUNNING AROUND THEM
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Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Lamp, electric arc, circa 1912, Artifact no. 1992.1611, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1611.001/
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