General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cylindrical silver metal battery casing; fitted with brushed silver metal bracket.

Dimensions

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

Length

13.0 cm

Width

4.1 cm

Height

3.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still camera accessories

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

St Moritz

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown.

Canada

Unknown

Function

To supply bright artificial light for a brief period of time in order to illuminate a photographic subject.

Technical

This [assembled] device consists of a battery case with shutter cord. The bulb socket is supplied with an adapter which permits the use of popular bayonet base. The reflector could be adjusted up or down in order to centre the bulb. Flash bulbs, which contained magnesium filaments, were filled with oxygen gas, and electrically ignited by a contact in the camera shutter. These bulbs could only be used once, but were a marked advancement to the flash-lamp (a mixture of magnesium powder and potassium chlorate that was ignited by hand). [Ref. 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"St. Moritz/ GERMANY" stamped in battery casing.

Missing

Small tension screw which would secure reflector [.3] to battery case [.1] is missing.

Finish

Cylindrical silver metal battery casing; fitted with brushed silver metal bracket.

Decoration

N/A