Switch, mercury
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 3 CONTACT
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0322.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Vapor Lamp Co.
- MODEL
- 7-19KR
- LOCATION
- Hoboken, New Jersey, 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/ MERCURY/ COPPER WIRE & CONTACT RINGS/ FABRIC WIRE COVERING/ SYNTHETIC END CAPS
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
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 1.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Chemistry
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Hoboken
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
FROM LABORATORY OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS. - Function
-
SWITCH CONSISTING OF LARGE GLOBULE OF MERCURY IN LEVEL TUBE, HAVING ELECTRODES ATTACHED SO THAT TILTING TUBE CAUSES MERCURY TO MOVE & THEREBY MAKE OR BREAK CIRCUIT. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PARTIALLY UNDECIPHERABLE WHITE LETTERING ON GLASS READING "K?N-NEC- ?OR/ GENERAL ELECTRIC/ VAPOR LAMP COMPANY/ HOBOKEN, N.J. U.S.A./ 7-19KR"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS/ METALLIC MERCURY/ BLACK WIRE COVERING/ COPPER COLOURED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Vapor Lamp Co., Switch, mercury, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0322, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0322.001/
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