Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPEN/FLAME/DOUBLE/FLOOR
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1734.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Addressograph-Multigraph Corp.
- MODEL
- 1404
- LOCATION
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- P-1678
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, PROBABLY SYNTHETIC OR RESIN PTS, POSSIBLY ASBESTOS COVERED WIRES, FIBRE COVERED WIRES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.5 cm
- Width
- 36.0 cm
- Height
- 132.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Studio & set equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Addressograph
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cleveland
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
TYPE OF ARC LAMP USED IN CANADA IN PRINTING OFFICES & PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHTING FOR PHOTO-ENGRAVING OR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES - Technical
-
ORDINARY CARBON ARC LAMPS WERE LARGELY REPLACED FOR USE IN PHOTOENGRAVING & BLUE-PRINTING BY FLAMING CARBON ARC LAMPS, AS THE FLAMING TYPE WERE MORE EFFICIENT/ C.1914 QUARTZ TUBE MERCURY ARC LAMPS WERE TRIED FOR THESE PURPOSES & LATER CAME INTO MORE WIDESPREAD USE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE 'Multilith Arc Lamp/ MODEL - 1404/ VOLTS 110 AMPS 20 NO P-1678/ PAT. NO. 1648019-1698918 OTHERS PENDING/ ADDRESSOGRAPH-MULTIGRAPH CORPORATION/ CLEVELAND, OHIO MADE IN U.S.A.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK KRINKLE FINISH/ SILVER COLOUR INSIDE REFLECTOR/ SILVERTONE & BRASSTONE PTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Addressograph-Multigraph Corp., Lamp, electric arc, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1992.1734, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1734.001/
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