Lamp, oil
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRACKET/WALL/CONVERTED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0413.001
- 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
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 53.0 cm
- Width
- 44.0 cm
- Height
- 15.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
KEROSENE WAS DISCOVERED BY DR. ABRAHAM GESNER, CANADIAN GEOLOGIST, IN 1846./ FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF COMPETITION WITH & LATER REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGANSUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING. - Function
-
LIGHTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA FLAME FUELLED BY KEROSENE OIL. - Technical
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KEROSENE CAME INTO USE AS LAMP FUEL AFTER 1859 WHEN IT BECAME ABUNDANT, CHEAP FUEL. DUPLEX BURNER, INTRODUCED IN APPROX. 1865 BY STEPHEN HINKS, FEATURES 2 PARALLEL FLAT WICKS PLACED ABOUT 1/8 IN. APART; 2 WICKS SIDE BY SIDE CREATE STRONGER CURRENT OF AIR, BRINGING MORE OXYGEN INTO CONTACT WITH WICKS. TWO BASIC TYPES OF BURNER EXITED: ROCHESTER (MODIFIED ARCAND) & DUPLEX. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- CHIMNEY, SHADE?
- Finish
- GOLD COLOURED
- Decoration
- CURVED SUPPORT TUBE WITH ORNAMENTAL CURVES/ CAST GROOVES & RIDGES IN VARIOUS PLACES
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lamp, oil, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0413, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0413.001/
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