Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/AC
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1617.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse
- 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
- METAL, INCLUDING COPPER & FERROUS METAL, CERAMIC, FIBRE COVERED WIRE, MICA
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 65.0 cm
- Width
- 26.0 cm
- Height
- 26.0 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
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 & POSSIBLY TO LIGHT LARGE INTERIOR SPACES - Technical
-
ENCLOSED ARC LAMPS HAD ADVANTAGES OVER OPEN TYPES/ CARBONS LASTED MUCH LONGER (APPROX. 150 HRS INSTEAD OF 10), LAMP GAVE STEADIER LIGHT & FIRE HAZARD WAS LESS/ THE 1ST PATENT FOR AN ENCLOSED ARC LAMP WAS ISSUED IN 1891, THEY BEGAN TO BE COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED C.1893/ BY 1899 85% OF ARC LAMPS MADE IN U.S. WEREENCLOSED TYPE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- GLASSWARE, LARGE REFLECTOR (OH record does not specify if metal or glass), CHAIN
- Finish
- UNFINISHED COPPER CASE, OUTSIDE DARKENED & SHOWS GREEN CORROSION; BRASS COLOUR, WHITE & BLACK PTS
- Decoration
- VERTICAL RIBBING AROUND CASING
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Westinghouse, Lamp, electric arc, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1992.1617, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1617.001/
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