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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCREW/SWITCHED
- DATE
- 1882
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2022.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Edison General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Schenectady, New York, 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
- BRASS SOCKET CASING & KEY; COPPER CONTACT POINT; COMPOSITE MATERIAL (?) LINER; PORCELAIN INNER FITTING; FABRIC COVERING ON WIRES.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 7.0 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
- Edison
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Schenectady
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF SOCKET USED C. 1883- EARLY 1900S, AND POSSIBLY LATER.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BYONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
TO SECURE AND CONNECT AN ELECTRICAL BULB WITHIN A FIXTURE. - Technical
-
EDISON'S IDEA FOR DESIGNING A SCREW SOCKET WAS PROMPTED BY SCREWING THE CAP ON A KEROSENE CAN. A SCREW FITTING ALLOWED THE BULB TO BE FIRMLY SEATED WITHOUT RISK OF DAMAGE TO THE DELICATE FILAMENTS, AND BY THE 1880S 70% OF SOCKETS SOLD WERE EDISON'S. SWITCHED LAMP HOLDERS WERE AN IDEA LEFT OVER FROM THE DAYS OF GAS LIGHTING, AND IT TOOK PEOPLE A WHILE TO GET USED TO THE CONVENIENCE OF SWITCHING A LIGHT ON/OFF NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO A ROOM. THE DEMAND FOR SWITCH SOCKETS CONTINUED IN SPITE OF FREQUENT EFFORTS BY ENGINEERS & INSURANCE INTERESTS TO DISCOURAGE IT. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " EDISON GENERAL/ ELECTRIC CO./ PATENTED/ OCT.20 1882/ OCT. 25 1882 " incised on socket casing.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- BRIGHT LACQUERED FINISH ON CASING EXTERIOR.
- Decoration
- STYLIZED CROSS-LIKE MOTIF CAST IN RAISED FORM ON BOTH SIDES OF KEY.
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