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- OBJECT TYPE
- THOMSON-HOUSTON
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1727.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, PROBABLY BRASS, & CERAMIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 3.0 cm
- Width
- 3.0 cm
- Height
- 7.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- User site
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO SUPPORT & CONNECT TO ELECTRICITY A LAMP OR OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICE - Technical
-
THE EDISON OR SCREW SOCKET WAS INTRODUCED IN 1880/ THERE WERE MANY OTHER TYPES OF SOCKETS AVAILABLE AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, INCLUDING THE THOMSON-HOUSTON/ THE SCREW SOCKET & BASE BECAME THE PREDOMINATE TYPE IN NORTH AMERICA, WHILE THE THOMPSON-HOUSTON WAS THE MOST POPULAR IN BRITAIN - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BRASS COLOUR, DARKENED & CORRODED IN PLACES/ WHITE & BRASS COLOUR FITTINGS INSIDE
- Decoration
- ROPE-LIKE BORDER NEAR RIM & NEAR TOP
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Unknown Manufacturer, Socket, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1992.1727, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1727.001/
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