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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCREW/THREADED WITH RAISED CENTRE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1731.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & CERAMIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.0 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 8.0 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
- England
- 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/ IT HAD ADVANTAGE OF SEATING LAMP FIRMLY WITHOUT HAVING TO SNAP, PULL OR OTHERWISE JAR IT/ A NUMBER OF OTHER BASES WERE AVAILABLE AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, BUT THE EDISON BASE HAD THE MAJORITY OF THE MARKET IN NORTH AMERICA, THOUGH IT NEVER BECAME POPULAR IN BRITAIN - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED 'BRITISH/ MAKE'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- MAIN PT OF BODY IS BRASS COLOUR, CENTRE SECTION SHINY, REST IS DARKENED IN PLACES, SOME GREEN, WHITE & RUST COLOUR MARKS/ LOWER RIM IS GLAZED WHITE/ INSIDE COPPER COLOUR & BRASSCOLOUR
- Decoration
- ROPE-LIKE PATTERN AROUND UPPER PT/ LOWER RIM HAS DOUBLE RIDGED PATTERN
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Unknown Manufacturer, Socket, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1731, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1731.001/
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