Lighting fixture, electric

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OBJECT TYPE: fluorescent/bipin
DATE: 1946
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.3031.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal lamp and mount/ metal and synthetic parts/ fabric covered wire

Dimensions

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

Length: 70.7 cm
Width: 3.2 cm
Height: 7.3 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: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1940s+
Canada: An example of a lamp used in Canada, part of a large and varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired and documented by Ontario Hydro in the 1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Canada and was donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in 1992
Function: A device which held fluorescent tube lamp bulbs, provided a housing for the bulbs and connected them to electricity, in order to provide illumination.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None
Missing: Unknown
Finish: Plated metal interior/ exterior and trim pained flat white/ black synthetic parts/ brown wire covering
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, electric, circa 1946, Artifact no. 1992.3031, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.3031.002/

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