General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL, CERAMIC, QUARTZ GLASS, MERCURY, PROBABLY SYNTHETIC, FIBRE COVERED CORD, CARDBOARD DISC IN BASE/.2 METAL, PROBABLY SYNTHETIC, FIBRE COVERED CORD, POSSIBLY ASBESTOS/.3 METAL WITH SYNTHETIC KNOB, PROBABLY RUBBER WHEELS

Dimensions

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

Length

46.0 cm

Width

23.0 cm

Height

43.5 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

HANOVIA

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Newark

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED TO PRODUCE RAYS OF LIGHT SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE SUN, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE WHAT WERE SEEN AS THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS OF SUCH LIGHT

Technical

THE QUARTZ MERCURY-VAPOUR BURNER IN THIS LAMP HAD TO BE TILTED IN ORDER TO START THE LAMP, & THEN TOOK 5-10 MIN. TO BUILD UP TO FULL POWER/ BY 1947 AN IMPROVED QUARTZ MERCURY-ARC WAS AVAILABLE WHICH DID NOT NEED TO BE TILTED & COULD BE STARTED IMMEDIATELY WITH THE FLIP OF A SWITCH (REF.#4)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 DECAL ON HOOD 'ALPINE SUN LAMP/ HOME MODEL/ HANO[VI]A [CH]EMIC[AL] & [MFG. CO. N]EWARK, N.J.'/ DECAL INSIDE HOOD 'CAUTION/ PROTECT YOUR EYES/ BEFORE LIGHTING LAMP/ WASH OFF ARC TUBE/ WITH ALPINE CLEASING FLUID'/ DECAL ON HOOD 'PROTECTED BY/ U.S.PATENTS/ 1,334,850/ 1,671,109/ 1,850,252/ 1,902,936/ 1,090,797/ OTHER PATENTS/ PENDING/ HANOVIA CHEM./ & MFG. CO./ NEWARK, N.J./ U.S.A.'/.2 DECALS 'TO OPERATE/ ON AC VOLTS 110 60 CYCLES/ CURRENT CONSUMPTION START [5].5 AMP'S/ RUN 3.5 AMP'S/ USE ONLY IN/ WALL OR BASE PLUG'/ ON SWITCH KNOB 'PERKINS'/.3 CAST IN '3720'

Missing

LAMP PROBABLY WOULD HAVE COME WITH CHILDREN'S GOGGLES AS WELL AS ADULTS (ADULTS ARE 921656) - NO CHILDREN'S GOGGLES WITH THIS LAMP/ .1 APPEARS TO BE MISSING HAND WHEEL AT BACK OF HANDLE, HOOD KNOB

Finish

.1 SOME PTS UNFINISHED SILVERTONE, SOME PAINTED BLACK, VENTED COLUMN PAINTED BUFF YELLOW/.2 SIDES PAINTED BUFF YELLOW, TOP & BOTTOM PAINTED BLACK, SOME SILVERTONE PTS/.3 PAINTED BLACK, SOME SILVERTONE PTS

Decoration

.1 DECAL APPEARS TO SHOW MOUNTAIN RANGE WITH SUN IN BACKGROUND