General Information

Serial #

20843

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, GLASS, CERAMIC, SYNTHETIC, FIBRE COVERED CORD

Dimensions

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

Length

59.0 cm

Width

59.0 cm

Height

126.0 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

MARTIN

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

Cleveland

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF LAMP USED IN CANADA, PROBABLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO HELP COUNTERACT THE EFFECTS OF THE LACK OF SUN IN THEWINTER

Function

TO PRODUCE RAYS OF LIGHT SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE SUN, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE WHAT WERE SEEN AS THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS OF SUCH LIGHT

Technical

'SUN' LAMPS WERE DEVELOPED TO MIMIC SUNLIGHT FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES/ CARBON ARC LAMPS & QUARTZ MERCURY ARC LAMPS WERE 1ST USED FOR THIS PURPOSE/ IN 1929 G.E. INTRODUCED A COMBINATION INCANDESCENT & MERCURY ARC LAMP/ OTHER INCANDESCENT LAMPS WERE ALSO LATER USED FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE 'U.S. [REISSUE] PATENTS [17]236-17237/ MARTIN/ SUN/ DRYETTE/ 110 Volts A.C., D.C. - 10 Amp./ Model CR-101 No. 20843/ Manufactured by/ The Martin Bros. Elect. Co./ Cleveland, Ohio'/ PLATE 'DISTRIBUTED & SERVICED/ BY/ CHAS. A. BRANSTON LIMITED/ TORONTO, CANADA.'/ ON SWITCH 'OFF COLD OFF HOT'/ DECAL 'CAUTION/ FOR USE ONLY WITH/ WALL OR BASE/ RECEPTACLE'

Missing

N/A

Finish

SILVERTONE, BASE HAS SOME RUSTY PATCHES, SOME PTS HAVE CHROME-LIKE FINISH/ WHITE PTS ON SWITCH, BLACK ADJUSTMENT KNOB/ CORD IS BLACK

Decoration

EACH OF 3 ARMS OF BASE HAVE RAISED RECTANGULAR SECTION IN MIDDLE