Lamp, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STREET/MERCURY VAPOUR/QUARTZ TUBE
- DATE
- 1913
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1713.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cooper Hewitt Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, INCLUDING COPPER; CERAMIC; QUARTZ
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 56.0 cm
- Width
- 36.0 cm
- Height
- 32.0 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
- Cooper Hewitt
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED SOMETIMES FOR STREET LIGHTING BUT MAINLY FOR INDUSTRIAL & PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK - Technical
-
LAMP IS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF VAPOUR LAMP INVENTED 1901 & LATER IMPROVED/ QUARTZ TUBE USED TO CONTAIN MERCURY SUSTAINS HIGHER TEMP. THAN GLASS & EFFICIENCY OF LIGHT OUTPUT THUS GREATER/ SUCCESS OF LAMP LIMITED DUE TO EMITTING UV RADIATION & INABILITY TO MAKE GAS-TIGHT SEAL BETWEEN LEAD-IN WIRES & QUARTZ DISCHARGE TUBE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE 'COOPER HEWITT ELECTRIC CO./ NEW YORK, U.S.A./ PAT'D SEPT. 17 1901. JULY 18, 1904. JULY 18, 1905. DEC. 12, 1905/ FEB. 26, 1907. NOV. 26, 1907. OTHER PATENTS PENDING/ FOR Z LAMP/ TYPE 0.Z. SPEC.47012-D CYCLES/ VOLTS 200 TO 250 AMPS 3.5'/ HANDWRITTEN ON CASE 3X 1370'/ HANDWRITTEN ON LOWER RIM '11317'/ PLATE 'CAUTION DO NOT LOOK AT LIGHTED BURNER/ UNLESS THE GLASS GLOBE IS IN PLACE,/ THE UNCOVERED LIGHT IS HARMFUL TO THE EYE/ AT A DISTANCE OF LESS THAN 15 FT'
- Missing
- GLOBE
- Finish
- PROBABLY OXIDIZED BLACK CASE, SOME SPOTS OF COPPER COLOUR; SOME PTS PAINTED BLACK, SOME ARE SILVERTONE, SOME WHITE; REFLECTOR OVER QUARTZ TUBE ENAMELLED WHITE
- Decoration
- 2 NARROW RIDGES RUN AROUND UPPER SECTION OF CASE
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Cooper Hewitt Electric Co., Lamp, electric, circa 1913, Artifact no. 1992.1713, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1713.001/
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