Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- carbon/vacuum/110V/32CP/straight/tipped/skirted
- DATE
- 1910–1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2906.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Glass bulb/ metal base and parts/ carbon filament/ ceramic parts
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.4 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 7.9 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lamp bulbs
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- circa 1910+
- Canada
-
An example of a lamp bulb made and used in Canada, part of a large and varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired and documented by Ontario Hydro in the 1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Canada and was donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in 1992 - Function
-
A device used to provide light by means of an electric current which heats up a carbon filament inside the lamp bulb to incandescence. - Technical
-
An example of a "GEM" lamp. This lamp was made for 110 volt service and was put on the market in 1905. In 1909, the filament was changed to a single loop filament like that of the carbon lamp. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Indented lettering on base reads 'Patented/ Nov. 8. 1904/ Nov.22. 1904'
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Colourless transparent glass/ gold coloured base/ metallic parts/ black ceramic
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric, Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1910–1920, Artifact no. 1992.2906, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2906.001/
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