Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/DC
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1618.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse
- MODEL
- 36054
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 19294 (.1)
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.2 METAL, INCLUDING COPPER & FERROUS METAL; CERAMIC; FIBRE COVERING ON WIRES; CARBONS IN PLACE/.3 GLASS & METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.0 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 25.0 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 AFTER 1940'
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ COULD BE USED FOR STREET LIGHTING OR TO LIGHT LARGE INTERIOR SPACES - Technical
-
WORKS ON A "DIRECT LIFT" PRINCIPLE WITH THE ARMATURE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE CLUTCH ROD/ THE RHEOSTAT IS WOUND WITHRESISTOR WIRE OF A SPECIAL COMPOSITION; RESISTOR WIRES COMPOSED OF OTHER ALLOYS SOMETIMES CREATED PROBLEMS AS THEY LOST ELASTICITY, BUT THIS ALLOY WAS SAID NOT TO PRODUCE SUCH PROBLEMS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1-.2 PLATES AME EXCEPT FOR SERIAL #: 'WESTINGHOUSE/ ENCLOSED ARC LAMP/ STYLE NO. 36054 SERIAL NO. [.1 - 19300;.2 - 19284]/ NAME PLATE 379'/.4 'Thermex' & 'TRADE MARK REG./ NO. 4043/ MADE IN U.S.A.'
- Missing
- .1 MISSING GLOBE HOLDER PTS?/ .2 MISSING GLOBE(S) AND/OR REFLECTOR
- Finish
- .1-.2 UNFINISHED COPPER CASE, PTS ARE BLACK, WHITE, BRASS COLOUR, SOME RUSTY APPEARANCE/.3 WHITE WITH BRASS COLOUR FITTINGS/.4 CLEAR, COLOURLESS, GREY MKGS
- Decoration
- .1-.2 VERTICAL RIBBING ON CASES
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Westinghouse, Lamp, electric arc, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1992.1618, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1618.001/
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