Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/DC/THOMSON/SINGLE CARBON
- DATE
- 1906
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1637.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 12-9626
- LOCATION
- Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 741214 (.1)
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.2 METAL, CERAMIC, ASBESTOS/.3 GLASS & METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 60.0 cm
- Width
- 21.5 cm
- Height
- 23.0 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
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Peterborough
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- COMMERCIAL ARC LIGHTING FIRST USED 1870S/ DECLINED AFTER C.1910/ SELDOM USED FOR SPACE LIGHTING BY 1940S'
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR OUTDOOR LIGHTING & TO LIGHT LARGE INTERIOR SPACES - Technical
-
LAMP HAS AN EDGEWISE TYPE OF MAGNET COIL/ COILS ARE WOUND OF BARE FLAT WIRE ON EDGE, INSULATED WITH NON-COMBUSTABLE MATERIAL/ THIS AVOIDS PROBLEMS WITH OVERHEATED COTTON INSULATION & FORMS ALMOST INDESTRUCTABLE MAGNET COILS/ THIS FEATURE, WITH SIMPLICITY OF DESIGN & ACCESSIBLITY OF PTS, MADE FOR LOW MAINTENANCE COSTS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATE 'FORM 12 ENCLOSED ARC LAMP/ FOR D.C. MULTIPLE CIRCUITS/ NO.741214 CAT. NO. 9626/ PAT. JUN.5,'94 JUN.26,'94 NOV.8,'98'/.2 PLATE IS SAME EXCEPT FOR 'NO.' WHICH IS '74[0]611'/.1 &.2 PLATE ON CASE 'THOMSON/ ENCLOSED ARC LAMP/ CANADIAN/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LIMITED/ PETERBOROUGH, CANADA'/.2 HANDWRITTEN ON TOP 'ON X' WITH ARROW UNDERNEATH, ALSO APPEARS HANDWRITTEN '23'
- Missing
- .1-.2 MISSING GLOBE HOLDERS & INNER GLOBES, .1 MISSING OUTER GLOBE
- Finish
- .1-.2 CASES & TOPS PAINTED BLACK, MOST PTS APPEAR BLACK, SOME RUSTY, SOME WHITE,.2 HAS MKGS IN RED PAINT ON TOP/.3 TRANSPARENT, SMOKEY GREY TINT, COLLAR IS BRASS COLOUR
- Decoration
- CASES FOR.1-.2 HAVE SEVERAL NARROW, SLIGHTLY RAISED RIDGES RUNNING AROUND THEM
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