Receptacle, electric & fuse

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OBJECT TYPE
screw/glass tube
DATE
Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1992.2737.001
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 body/ brass/ glass fuse/ metal wire

Dimensions

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

Length
6.0 cm
Width
5.6 cm
Height
4.4 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
Unknown
Canada
An example of a fuse 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
A receptacle is an electrical wiring device used to provide a point at which power can be drawn from a wiring system by means of a plug . A fuse is a safety device which protects against the overloading of an electrical circuit.
Technical
In attempts to protect lamps from over-voltage, close attention was paid in the 1880s to inserting small fuses designed to carry the current of only one lamp (Ref. 2).
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
none
Missing
appears complete
Finish
glazed white porcelain/ grey metal/ colourless transparent glass
Decoration
N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Receptacle, electric & fuse, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2737, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2737.001/

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