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OBJECT TYPE: fuse/double pole
DATE: 1893
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2728.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
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 shell/ copper/ brass/ metal parts

Dimensions

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

Length: 10.1 cm
Width: 6.7 cm
Height: 3.0 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: late 19th century
Canada: An example of a fuse cutout of a type used in Canada. Part of a large and varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired and documented by Ontario Hydro in the1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Canada and was donated to the National Museum of Science and Technology in 1992.
Function: An electrical device which interrupts the flow of electrical current through a piece of apparatus or equipment.
Technical: An example of a fuse cutout. In the period 1880 to 1889 Edison invented a device to protect wiring from over-heating. In 1880 he patented the use of a fuse. The early fuse block was first made of wood with brass fittings. In the period 1890-1899, plug cutouts began to be made of porcelain. These links consisted of lengths of fuse wire with copper terminals at each end. Double pole cutouts meant that there were two connections, enabling both sides of a circuit to be protected simultaneously (Ref. 2).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: none
Missing: mica? cover
Finish: glazed white porcelain/ grey coloured metal/ brown wax
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cutout, circa 1893, Artifact no. 1992.2728, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2728.001/

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