Lamp bulb, incandescent

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OBJECT TYPE
tungsten/gas/200W/3700L/pear/tipless/screw
DATE
1946
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1992.2923.001
MANUFACTURER
Canadian General Electric Co.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
4
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Glass bulb/ metal base and parts/ tungsten filament/ ceramic parts

Dimensions

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

Length
16.0 cm
Width
N/A
Height
N/A
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
8.0 cm
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Lighting Technology
Category
Lamp bulbs
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
General Electric
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Toronto

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
circa 1946+
Canada
An example of a British made lamp bulb 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 tungsten filament inside the lamp bulb to incandescence. This type of lamp was used for general lighting.
Technical
The four bulbs .1-.4 illustrate the steps in the construction of the lamp bulb from an empty shell (.4) to a completed bulb (.1).
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
Black lettering on glass reads 'GENERAL GE [logo] ELECTRIC/ 200W/ 120V/ 750HR'
Missing
Appears complete
Finish
Colourless transparent glass/ metallic base and parts/ black ceramic
Decoration
N/A

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