Rectifier bulb
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY ARC
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1831.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HEWITTIC ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS BULB CONTAINING LIQUID MERCURY; METAL CONNECTIONS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 54.0 cm
- Width
- 44.0 cm
- Height
- 64.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Regulation & transformation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HEWITTIC
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY 1920'S & 1930'S
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA (SEE AREA OF USE) - PART OF THE EXTENSIVE USE MADE OF MERCURY ARC RECTIFIERS IN SUBSTATIONS THROUGHOUT CANADA STARTING IN THE 1920S. - Function
-
USED FOR CONVERTING A.C. CURRENT TO D.C. CURRENT TO CHARGE BATTERIES, AND FOR THE SUPPLY OF CURRENT FOR LIFTS, CRANES, HOISTS, CINEMA PROJECTION ARCS, D.C. INDUSTRIAL DRIVES ETC. [REF.1] - Technical
-
THE MERCURY ARC RECTIFYING BULB WAS MORE RELIABLE & EASIER TO MAINTAIN THAN MECHANICAL RECTIFIERS. IT WAS ALSO SIMPLER TO OPERATE [REF.2]. THE BULB WAS REPLACED BY THE SILICON RECTIFIER IN THE 1960S'. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON GLASS: 'TYPE 150/3/ 13522'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS
- Decoration
- PRINTED ON BULB: DRAWING OF A CIRCLE WITH 3 TRIANGLES AROUND IT
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HEWITTIC ELECTRIC CO. LTD., Rectifier bulb, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1992.1831, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1831.001/
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