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OBJECT TYPE: SCREW/SWITCHED/PUSH-IN
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2040.001

MANUFACTURER: Edison General Electric Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS & COPPER COMPONENTS; COMPOSITION KEY & COLLAR; PORCELAIN INNER SEAT

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 6.5 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: 6.6 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: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF SOCKET USED C. 1890S+
Canada: PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO 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 SUPPORT & CONNECT AN ELECTRICAL LAMP BULB OR OTHER DEVICE WITHIN A FIXTURE.
Technical: EDISON IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS HAVING INTRODUCED THE SCREW CAP STYLE BULB (AND SOCKET) IN 1880. HE GOT THE IDEA FOR THIS WHILE SCREWING THE CAP ON A KEROSENE CAN. THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS ARRANGEMENT IS IT ALLOWS THE BULB TO BE FIRMLY SEATED WITHOUT HAVING TO SNAP,PULL OR OTHERWISE EXERT PRESSURE ON THE DELICATE LAMP FILAMENTS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " EDISON GENERAL/ ELECTRIC CO./ NEW YORK, U.S.A./ PATENTED/ DEC. 27. 1881/ MAY. 2. 1882/ OCT. 3. 1882/ FEB. 12. 1884/ MAY. 13. 1884/ JAN. 20. 1885/ APR. 15. 1890 " incised on socket casing. " " E.G.E. CO. " cast in raised print on key.
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE.
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Edison General Electric Co., Socket, after 1890, Artifact no. 1992.2040, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2040.001/

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