Lighting fixture, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WALL/1 SOCKET/SCREW FITTING
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1800.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, POSSIBLY SYNTHETIC IN SOCKET, FIBRE COVERED WIRES/.2 METAL, SYNTHETIC, POSSIBLY PHENOLIC RESIN
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.5 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 18.5 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
.1 TO HOLD A LAMP BULB & PROVIDE A HOUSING FOR IT, & TO CONNECT IT TO ELECTRICAL SUPPLY - IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LIGHT/.2 PROVIDES A MEANS OF CONVERTING A SCREW SOCKET TO A 2 PRONG PLUG-IN - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF DOMESTIC LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY USED IN THE 20TH CENTURY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 DECAL IN BACK OF BACK PLATE 'Underwriters' Laboratories Inc./ INSPECTED/ ELECTRIC FIXTURE/ ISSUE NO. A-16615' & ALONG SIDE 'E-11679'/ INSIDE SOCKET'250V 660W/ NATIONAL TOOL & MFG. CO.'
- Missing
- PROBABLY MISSING SOME KIND OF GLOBE OR REFLECTOR
- Finish
- .1 COPPER COLOUR ON OUTSIDE, BLACKENED INSIDE, SPOTS OF GREEN PAINT AROUND RIM OF BACK PLATE/ YELLOW & BLACK DECAL INSIDE BACK PLATE, SILVER-GREY BRACKET ATTACHED TO BACK/.2 BROWN & SILVERTONE, ALL APPEAR UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- .1 STEPPED PATTERN ON UPPER HOUSING
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, electric, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1800, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1800.001/
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