Lamp arm, gas

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OBJECT TYPE: GASOLIER ARM/BUNSEN BURNER
DATE: 1900–1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0329.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 24.0 cm
Width: 22.0 cm
Height: 2.1 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CIRCA 1900-1920?
Canada: TYPE OF GASOLIER ARMS USED IN CANADIAN URBAN HOUSEHOLDS. FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF COMPETITION WITH & EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGANSUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING.
Function: ARM OF GASOLIER (CHANDELIER) WHICH HAD BURNER & SHADE AT ONE END & WAS ATTACHED AT OTHER END TO GASOLIER ITSELF, WITH KEY TO CONTROL FLOW OF GAS ON UNDERSIDE. ASSEMBLED, THIS WAS DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA GAS FLAME.
Technical: BUNSEN BURNER WAS INVENTED IN 1855 BY R.B. VON BUNSEN. COMBINATION OF WELSBACH MANTLE (COTTON SOAKED IN THORIUM & CERIA) WITH BUNSEN BURNER PRODUCED SUCCESSFUL GAS LAMP WHICH COMPETED WITH NEW ELECTRIC LAMP. GAS LIGHTING, USING COAL GAS, WAS FIRST USED IN CANADIAN CITIES TO LIGHT STREETS, IN TORONTO IN 1848.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED "65" ON BURNER STEM
Missing: WELSBACH MANTLE/ CHIMNEYS?/ REST OF CHANDELIER
Finish: GOLD COLOURED
Decoration: FAN-LIKE DESIGN ON KEY/ PROXIMAL END TERMINATES IN CURVED TAIL-LIKE SHAPE

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Unknown Manufacturer, Lamp arm, gas, between 1900–1910, Artifact no. 1998.0329, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0329.001/

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