Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/AC/SINGLE CARBON
- DATE
- 1903
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1642.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Adams-Bagnall
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 64123
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, INCLUDING COPPER CASE, CERAMIC, FIBRE COVERING ON WIRES, SOME WIRES HAVEDIFFERENT FIBRE COVERING- POSSIBLY ASBESTOS OR COTTON?/.2 GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 70.0 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 25.0 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
- Adams Bagnall
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cleveland
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- COMMERCIAL ARC LIGHTING FIRST USED 1870S/ DECLINED AFTER C.1910/ SELDOM USED FOR SPACE LIGHTING BY 1940S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR OUTDOOR LIGHTING - Technical
-
ADAMS-BAGNALL ARC LAMPS BOASTED SEVERAL ADVANTAGES: EASY ACCESS FOR THE TRIMMER; A SIMPLE CLUTCH WHICH OPERATED DIRECTLY ON THE CARBON - GIVING PRECISION OF FEEDING & NOT ALLOWING THE CARBON TO SLIP THROUGH WHEN JARRED; A CUT-OUT CONSTRUCTED TO BE EFFECTIVE & TO WEAR VERY WELL - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 MOULDED IN ON CASE IN SEVERAL PLACES 'AB'/ PLATE (MUCH IS ILLEGIBLE) 'THE A [ILLEGIBLE]/ CLEVE[LAND]/ PAT. NO. [ILLEGIBLE]/ PAT. [ILLEGIBLE]/ NO. 6412[3]'/ DECAL 'PROPERTY OF/ STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA/ 975'
- Missing
- OUTER GLOBE
- Finish
- .1 OXIDIZED BLACK FINISH ON CASE, OTHER PTS ARE BLACK, SILVER-GREY, WHITE, RUSTY COLOUR/.2 WHITE, TRANSLUCENT GLASS
- Decoration
- .1 VERTICAL RIDGES RUN AROUND CASE, SCALLOPPED LOWER EDGE
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Adams-Bagnall, Lamp, electric arc, circa 1903, Artifact no. 1992.1642, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1642.001/
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