Globe & refractor, lamp
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- OBJECT TYPE
- streetlight/refractor
- DATE
- 1934
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.3091.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Holophane
- MODEL
- Dome Refractor/4632
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Glass globe and refractor/ Non-ferrous metal support
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.0 cm
- Width
- 21.5 cm
- Height
- 15.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting device parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Holophane
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- 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 part of an electric lighting fixture which shields the lamp bulb and diffuses the light produced by the lamp into the surrounding area. - Technical
-
This unit consists of a globe containing a dome refractor which concentrates and directs the light of a street lamp as required. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Raised lettering on lower edge reads 'HOLOPHANE USA 4632 PAT OCT 22 1918'
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Colourless transparent glass/ Black painted metal
- Decoration
- N/A
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Holophane, Globe & refractor, lamp, circa 1934, Artifact no. 1992.3091, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.3091.001/
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