General Information

Serial #

7728

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 FERROUS &NON-FERROUS METALS, CORD OF POSSIBLY VEGETABLE FIBRE, FIBRE COVERED WIRE, CARBONS IN PLACE/.2 FERROUS & NON-FERROUS METALS, CERAMIC, FIBRE COVERED WIRE/.3 NON-FERROUS METAL

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Lighting Technology

Category

Lighting devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Crompton

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Chelmsford

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

COMMERCIAL ARC LIGHTING FIRST USED 1870'S/ DECLINED AFTER C.1910/ SELDOM USED FOR SPACE LIGHTING BY 1940'S

Canada

THE CROMPTON LAMP DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN USED MUCH IN CANADA AS COMPARED TO THE THOMSON-HOUSTON OR BRUSH LAMPS

Function

TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR STREET LIGHTING

Technical

THIS LAMP WAS MADE USING THE SERRIN LAMP AS A MODEL, BUT SIMPLIFIED BY CROMPTON

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PLATES 'CROMPTON & Co. LD./ ELECTRIC LIGHT/ ENGINEERS/ CHELMSFORD ENGLAND' & 'CROMPTON & POCHIN/ PATENT No 15840/ [PT MISSING] AMPERES/ [PT MISSING] 0 7728'

Missing

MISSING GLASSWARE

Finish

.1 SOME PTS APPEAR TO BE PAINTED BLACK, OTHERS ARE BRASS OR SILVERTONE/.2 SOME BRASSTONE PTS, SOME APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BLACK, GLAZED WHITE PULLEY

Decoration

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