Lighter, gas
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PINTSCH/RAILWAY CARS
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0035.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN HANDLE/ METAL TOP WITH SYNTHETIC REST PAD/ METAL CANDLE HOLDER ATTACHED TO HANDLE/ WAX CANDLE WITH WICK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 92.0 cm
- Width
- 13.5 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Services
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY EARLY 1900'S TO 1930'S
- Canada
-
PART OF A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES ACQUIRED BY THE DONOR DURING HIS CAREER AT CANADIAN PACIFIC FROM 1940 TO 1980 - Function
-
USED TO TURN ON AND LIGHT GAS FIXTURES IN RAILWAY CARS. - Technical
-
THE PINTSCH GAS THIS DEVICE IGNITED HAD HIGH ILLUMINATING POWER AND WAS MADE FROM SHALE OIL OR PETROLEUM. IT WAS A GAS COMMONLY USED IN RAILWAY CARS. THE GAS WAS NAMED AFTER RICHARD PINTSCH (1840-1919) A GERMAN INVENTOR. [REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- HANDLE STAINED AND VARNISHED/ METAL TOP PAINTED SILVER; METL CANDLE HOLDER PAINTED BLACK/ WHITE CANDLE
- Decoration
- INCISED RINGS AROUND HANDLE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighter, gas, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1997.0035, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0035.001/
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