Kettle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0731.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- K42
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1506
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL WITH SYNTHETIC HANDLE, CORD IS METAL, SYNTHETIC & FIBRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.0 cm
- Width
- 21.8 cm
- Height
- 20.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Food processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- NEVER USED
- Canada
-
Canadian design by Moffat. Was not sold in US by GE.Moffatt is widely acknowledged as one of Canada's preeminent industrial designers. Some of his other credits include a floor polisher, a teardrop-shaped floor heater, and one of the first electric lawnmowers - Function
-
TO BOIL WATER - Technical
-
USED AN IMMERSION ELEMENT ('G-E CALROD HEATING ELEMENT') RATHER THAN AN ELEMENT UNDER THE KETTLE & THEREFORE CLAIMS TO HEAT WATER TWICE AS FAST AS AN 'ORDINARY' KETTLE. Legend has it that an unknown engineer in the steel-stamping factory at Canadian Motor Lamp Company saw a headlight of a McLaughlin Buick (another Canadian original) and thought that, turned upside down, it would make the perfect receptacle for an electric coil". Making a kettle from the mold of headlamp was a revolution, a rethink on how objects are made using the fewest resources to make them, a concept that is just now finding mass application. "The kettle's dome was created by drawing a flat circular sheet of brass using a powerful hydraulic press. Over 40 separate parts were incorporated into the first model, including a steel base plate, and Bakelite handle. The gleaming shine of the kettle was achieved by a process using 16 separate polishing steps. This 1940 design became an industry standard, and was sold as the "economy kettle" until the 1960s, after millions were sold. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON BASE 'CAT. NO. K42 1500 W. 110V AC ONLY/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO CAN./ CSA APP. NO. 8084/ CAUTION/ USE WITH WALL OR BASE RECEPTACLE ONLY/ MADE IN CANADA/ [UPSIDE DOWN] 1506' & 'CAUTION/ DO NOT IMMERSE THIS/ APPLIANCE IN ANY LIQUID/ U/L [ENCIRCLED]' & 'RESET'/ ABOVE CORD PLUG-IN 'GE' [ENCIRCLED]/ GENERAL ELECTRIC'
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- CHROME-LIKE FINISH; BLACK HANDLE, BLACK CORD WITH WHITE STRIPES
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Kettle, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1995.0731, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.0731.001/
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