Lamp arm, gas
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1890–1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0418.004
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass construction with other metal parts
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- C. 1890-1920
- Canada
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TYPE OF GAS CHANDELIER USED IN CANADIAN URBAN HOMES, PARTICULARLY PARLOURS, LIBRARIES & DINING ROOMS. 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 BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR * - Function
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Unknown - Technical
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DESIGN OF LUMINAIRE IS TYPICAL OF TURN OF CENTURY & WAS ALSO USED BY ELECTRIC LAMP MFRS. DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF BURNER GREATLY INFLUENCED LUMINOSITY OF GAS. FIRST ARGAND BURNERS WERE USED THEN SELECTION OF FLAT BURNERS. GEORGE BRAY INTRODUCED HIS FLAT FLAME BURNER C. 1870; THEY BECAME KNOWN FOR HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .2-.5 INCISED LETTERING ON BURNERS READS "BRAY 235 No 2 ENGLAND
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Predominantly brass coloured lamp arm.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lamp arm, gas, between 1890–1910, Artifact no. 1998.0418, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0418.004/
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