Lamp, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- THERAPEUTIC/UV & IR/FLOOR
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1658.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hurley Machine Co.
- MODEL
- THOR
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 3494
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, CERAMIC, SYNTHETIC/.2 METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.0 cm
- Width
- 32.5 cm
- Height
- 112.0 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
- Hurley
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PRODUCE BOTH ULTRA-VIOLET & INFRA-RED RADIATION FOR THERAPEUTIC USE/ INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR HOME USE - Technical
-
'SUN' LAMPS WERE DEVELOPED TO MIMIC SUNLIGHT FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES/ CARBON ARC LAMPS & QUARTZ MERCURY ARC LAMPS WERE 1ST USED FOR THIS PURPOSE/ BY 1930'S COMBINATION INCANDESCENT & MERCURY ARC LAMPS & INCANDESCENT LAMPS WERE ALSO USED IN 'SUN' LAMPS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE 'PAT. APPL'D FOR/ Thor/ Double Benefit/ HEALTH LAMP/ SERIAL NO. 3494/ 110 VOLT A.C. OR D.C./ 12 AMPS. MAX./ HURLEY MACHINE COMPANY/ CHICAGO NEW YORK LONDON'/ RAISED MKGS ABOVE SWITCH 'ARC INFRA-RED OFF'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNFINISHED SILVERTONE STAND & HOOD, BLACK & WHITE PTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Hurley Machine Co., Lamp, electric, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1992.1658, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1658.001/
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