Lighting fixture, gas & electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CHANDELIER/COMBINATION/WELSBACH BURNER/3 OR 6? JET
- DATE
- 1902–1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0422.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER/ BRASS?
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 57.5 cm
- Width
- 46.0 cm
- Height
- 18.0 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
- C. 1900 +
- Canada
-
TYPE OF LUMINAIRE USED IN CANADIANURBAN HOMES CIRCA 1880-1915. 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 DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING. - Function
-
LIGHTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT EITHER BY ELECTRIC BULB OR BY GAS FLAME, OR BY COMBINATION OF TWO. - Technical
-
FOR ABOUT 4 DECADES AFTER INTRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY FOR LIGHTING CIRCA 1880, LAMP MFRS. PRODUCED GAS-ELECTRIC LUMINAIRES. ELECTRICITY WAS RELATIVELY NEW & UNRELIABLE SO IF IT FAILED, GAS ALONE COULD BE USED TO PROVIDE LIGHT. AFTER 1900, COMBINATION LUMINAIRES WERE MAINLY IN MEDIUM TO LOW PRICE RANGE. * (SEE COMMENTS) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON BURNERS READS "UNIVERSAL WELSBACH/ PATENTED APRIL 15 1902"
- Missing
- ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS/ POLE & OTHER PARTS OF SUPPORT/ 3 SCREWS FOR SHADE HOLDERS/ GAS BURNER/ ADJUSTMENT KNOBS
- Finish
- GOLD COLOURED
- Decoration
- EACH ARM TERMINATES IN SPIRAL AT PROXIMAL END/ CUT AWAY SHADE HOLDERS
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, gas & electric, between 1902–1910, Artifact no. 1998.0422, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0422.001/
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