Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUNGSTEN/50KW/115V/PEAR
- DATE
- 1928
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1683.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric
- 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
- LAMP MADE OF METAL & GLASS, CASE IS GLASS WITH METAL FRAME & PROBABLY WOOD BACK & BASE
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
- 60.0 cm
- Height
- 126.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lamp bulbs
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1928-1976 USED FOR DISPLAY
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO PROVIDE LIGHT, BUT MAINLY MADE FOR DISPLAY & COMMEMORATIVE PURPOSES - Technical
-
THIS WAS THE LARGEST INCANDESCENT LAMP BUILT UNTIL 1954 WHEN A 75 KW LAMP WAS PRODUCED - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MKGS AT TOP OF LAMP 'MAZDA/ GE/ 50KW 115V'/ HANDWRITTEN NEAR BOTTOM OF GLASS '#22/ 50KW 115V'/ STICKER ON SIDE OF CASE 'THE HYDRO/ HISTORICAL/ ELECTRICAL/ COLLECTION'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BULB IS TRANSPARENT, COLOURLESS; BASE & SUPPORTING PLATFORMARE LIGHT SILVER COLOUR; INNER PTS SILVERTONE, BLACK, BRASS COLOUR, RED/ CASE HAS FRAME PAINTED BLACK, BACK & BOTTOM PANELS PAINTED WHITE ON INSIDE, SIDES & TOP ARE TRANSPARENT, COLOURLESS GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric, Lamp bulb, incandescent, 1928, Artifact no. 1992.1683, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1683.001/
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