Globe, lamp
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0425.002
- MANUFACTURER
- General Gas Light Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Glass
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 devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Gas
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Kalamazoo
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1912 +
- Canada
-
ALTHOUGH GAS STREET LIGHTING CEASED IN TORONTO AROUND 1890, COMMERCIAL GAS LIGHTING CONTINUED, ESPECIALLY WITH APPEARANCE IN 1909 OF HUMPHREY ARC GAS LAMPS. IN 1914, HALF OF LIGHTING OF COMMERCIAL AREAS IN TORONTO WAS STILL DONE WITH GAS DESPITE POPULARITY OF ELECTRICITY. - Function
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LIGHTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA GAS FLAME TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL AREAS. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF HUMPHREY ARC GAS LAMP. THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY EXTENDED POPULARITY OF EXTERIOR GAS LIGHTING. INFLOWING AIR REQUIRED FOR COMBUSTION OF GAS WAS HEATED BY OUTFLOWING HOT PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION, WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN MORE LIGHT FROM GAS FLAME. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- MANTLES
- Finish
- COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Gas Light Co., Globe, lamp, circa 1912, Artifact no. 1998.0425, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0425.002/
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