Lamp bulb, discharge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SODIUM/400W/137V/IRREGULAR/SCREW
- DATE
- 1964
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1686.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- 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
- GLASS, CERAMIC, METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.0 cm
- Width
- 11.5 cm
- Height
- 11.5 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
SODIUM STREET LIGHTING 1ST TRIED IN CANADA IN 1934/ IN 1938-9 THE QUEEN ELIZABETH WAY WAS LIGHTED WITH SODIUM-VAPOUR LAMPS TO MARK THE INTERSECTIONS/ AT THE TIME, IT WAS THE MOST ILLUMINATED HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD - Function
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LIGHTING/ GENERAL/ CLEAR/ SODIUM LAMPS WERE USED OUTDOORS FOR STREET LIGHTING, FLOODLIGHTING & AREA LIGHTING & INDOORS FOR HIGH-BAY INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS - Technical
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THIS LAMP, INTRO. TO MARKET IN 1965, SAID TO BE THE MOST EFFICIENT LIGHT SOURCE ADVANCE SINCE INTRO. OF FLUORESCENT LAMP 1939/ CERAMIC ARC TUBE ALLOWED USE OF ALKALI METAL VAPOURS AT MUCH HIGHER TEMPS THAN PRACTICAL BEFORE/ PREVIOUS TUBES WOULD HAVE BLACKENED IN SECONDS AT VAPOUR TEMP HIGH ENOUGH FOR GOOD COLOUR LIGHT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON INNER TUBE '6842'/ IN BASE '1234567890 JFMAMJJASOND'/ HANDWRITTEN '1053' & '137V.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR BULB, SILVERED SECTIONS ON 2 SIDES NEAR BASE, WHITE & GREY INNER TUBE, SILVER COLOUR INNER PTS/ BRASSTONE BASE, BLACK ON BOTTOM
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lamp bulb, discharge, circa 1964, Artifact no. 1992.1686, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1686.001/
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