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OBJECT TYPE: BAYONET/SWITCHED/RECIPROCATING
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2043.001

MANUFACTURER: Bryant
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: 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: METAL CASING (POSSIBLY NICKEL PLATED ?); COPPER CONTACT POINTS; PORCELAIN SEAT; SYNTHETIC SWITCH OR KEY; FABRIC COVERING VISIBLE ON ELECTRICAL WIRES.

Dimensions

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

Length: 5.5 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: 8.0 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: Bryant
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
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 & SECURE WITHIN A FIXTURE AN ELECTRICAL LAMP OR OTHER DEVICE.
Technical: SWITCHES WERE FIRST USED ON LIGHT SOCKETS IN THE 1880S: MUCH OF THE DEMAND FOR THEM WAS LEFTOVER FROM THE DAYS OF GAS, AND IT TOOK A LONGTIME FOR CONSUMERS TO GET USED TO SWITCHING POWER ON NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO A ROOM. PORTABLE LAMPS WERE INTODUCED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BAYONET HOLDER, SO THE DEMAND FOR SWITCHED SOCKETS CONTINUED IN SPITE OF FREQUENT EFFORTS BY ENGINEERS & INSURANCE INTERESTS TO DISCOURAGE IT. (REF. 2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " BRYANT SOCKET/ PAT. SEPT. 2-1890 " incised in socket casing.
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE.
Finish: ORIGINAL FINISH BADLY WORN: POSSIBLY NICKEL PLATED/ BLACK KEY.
Decoration: N/A

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Bryant, Socket, after 1890, Artifact no. 1992.2043, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2043.001/

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