Lighting fixture, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CEILING/FLUORESCENT/4-PRONG FIT.
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1823.001
- MANUFACTURER
- STERLING INDUSTRIES
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, SYNTHETIC/ LAMP BULB ALSO INCLUDES GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.0 cm
- Width
- 32.0 cm
- Height
- 9.0 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
- STERLING
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO HOLD A SPECIFIC TYPE OF LAMP BULB & CONNECT IT TO ELECTRICITY - IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LIGHT - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF A NEW SHAPE OF LAMP BULB, INTRODUCED IN THE MID 20TH CENTURY/ IT WAS INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR USE IN THE HOME, BEING USED TO PRODUCE COMPACT FLUROESCENT TABLE & FLOOR LAMPS, AS WELL AS WALL & CEILING FIXTURES/ THEY DO NOT, HOWEVER, APPEAR TO HAVE EVER BECOME POPULAR - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STICKER ON BACK 'UNION MADE/ Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc./ R ['R' IS ENCIRCLED]/ LISTED/ ELECTRIC FIXTURE/ ISSUE NO. C-122,432/ Sterling/ INDUSTRIES/ PHILADELPHIA, PA./ Low F.P. For Line-Volt Amperes/ Multiply Total Lamp Wattage by 2.5/ 118 Volts 60 Cycles A.C.'/ STAMPED ON BACK 'FOR SUPPLY CONNECTIONS/ USE WIRE SUITABLE FOR/ AT LEAST 90[DEGREES]C'/ MKGS ON BALLAST INCLUDE 'GENERAL ELECTRIC/ RAPID START BALLAST/ CAT. CG1085/ FOR ONE FC16T10/RS OR FC12T10/RS LAMP/ SOUND RATED A/ 120 VOLTS. 70 AMP. 60 CY/... MADE IN U.S.A.'/ ON FITTING FOR BULB '660W/ 600V' & 'UL'/ ON BULB 'FC12T10-WW-RS U.S.A./ WARM WHITE SYLVANIA'
- Missing
- PROBABLY MISSING SOME SORT OF KNOB OR FITTING FOR CENTRE
- Finish
- SHINY SILVERTONE FINISH, 1COMPONENT ON BACK HAS SPOTTING OF RUSTY CORROSION, OTHER COMPONENT (BALLAST) HAS BLACK FINISH/ WIRES COLOURED BLACK, TAN, WHITE, RED, GREEN/ LAMP BULB APPEARS WHITE
- Decoration
- STEPPED PATTERN OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLES ON OUTER SURFACE
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STERLING INDUSTRIES, Lighting fixture, electric, after 1945, Artifact no. 1992.1823, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1823.001/
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