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OBJECT TYPE: PUSH-PULL/SURFACE
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2326.001

MANUFACTURER: B.E. Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PORCELAIN BASE; BRASS CAP; METAL (AND POSSIBLY OTHER MATERIALS) WORKS; TURNED WOODEN PULL KNOB.

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Height: 7.5 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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: New Brunswick
Period: THIS TYPE OF SWITCH USED C. 1890S-1942.
Canada: THIS TYPE OF SWITCH WAS USED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE ELECTRICAL ERA IN CANADA. IT IS PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOEUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. CONSISTING OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, THIS COLLECTION IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (CSTM) IN 1992.
Function: TO MAKE OR BREAK A CONNECTION IN AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT.
Technical: IN ENGLAND, PATENTS WERE TAKEN OUT BY E. ZELLER (1885) AND W.H. EDKIN (1886) FOR A PUSH-PULL SWITCH. THE VERTICAL PUSH-PULLMOVEMENT WAS INVENTED BY LORD KELVIN. IT NEVER BECAME AS POPULAR AS THE TURN TYPE OR THE TUMBLER TYPE. (REF. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "10 D'b/ BE'. CO." cast in raised print on underside of base.
Missing: MISSING 2 SCREWS USED TO SECURE CAP TO BASE. (Replacements installed during treatment.)
Finish: WHITE CERAMIC BASE HAS GOLD FLECKED SURFACE. BRASS CAP HAS GOLDTONE FINISH. KNOB PAINTED BLACK.
Decoration: N/A

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B.E. Co., Switch, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1992.2326, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2326.001/

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