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OBJECT TYPE: DC/BIPOLAR
DATE: 1887
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2186.001

MANUFACTURER: Ball Electric Light Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 234
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON, STEEL, COPPER, BRASS, AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. WOOD BASE & POLE PIECE. CARBON BRUSHES. SOME RUBBER INSULATING PIECES. COATED FABRIC COVERING ON WIRES, ETC.

Dimensions

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

Length: 83.0 cm
Width: 76.0 cm
Height: 86.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Generation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Ball
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS TYPE OF GENERATOR USED LATE 19TH C. THIS GENERATOR USED 1895-1900, AND POSSIBLY EARLIER/LATER. (REF.1,2
Canada: THIS GENERATOR MADE BY BALL ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. LTD., TORONTO, THE FIRST ELECTRICAL MFR. IN CANADA. IT WAS USED AS A LIGHT SOURCE AT THE HIBNER FURNITURE CO. IN KITCHENER, ONT. BETWEEN 1895-1900, AND WAS NOT NEW AT THAT TIME. (REF. 1, 2)
Function: TO CONVERT MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
Technical: BALL'S DESIGN REDUCED THE "...WEIGHT OF THE FRAME OR END PIECES AND THE CORES OF THE FIELD MAGNETS WITHOUT INANY DEGREE LESSENING THE EFFICIENCE OF THE MACHINE". (REF. 3) HE ALSO PURPORTED TO HAVE DESIGNED A NOVEL FORM OF COMMUTATOR, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ATTACHMENT OF VARIOUS COMPONENTS. (REF. 3, 4)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate reads "MANUFACTURED BY/ THE BALL ELECTRIC LIGHT/ CO., LTD./ PATENTS/ PENDING/ TORONTO./ UNDER BALL PATENTS/ NOS. 18,020. 26147 & 26156". "NO. 234 1485R 112V" incised in plate over commutator.
Missing: UNKNOWN.
Finish: BLACK ENAMEL FINISH ON MOST EXTERIOR SURFACES. SOME METAL COMPONENTS HAVE NATURAL FINISH.
Decoration: N/A

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Ball Electric Light Co. Ltd., Generator, after 1887, Artifact no. 1992.2186, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2186.001/

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