Lamp, oil

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OBJECT TYPE: kerosene/central draft/table
DATE: 1890–1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0244.001

MANUFACTURER: Bradley & Hubbard
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Non-ferrous metal

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 30.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 23.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Lighting devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Bradley Hubbard
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: circa 1890+
Canada: Unknown
Function: A lighting device which used kerosene to create a flame and hence light.
Technical: The central draft burner, invented c.1883, used a central tube to provide a draft for the flame and a deflector which consisted of another tube, closed and perforated at top and mounted within the centre-draft tube so that some air passed between the tubes to the base of the flame and some sprayed out of the perforations onto the upper part of the flame. See B&H lamp 1992.1789.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Indented patent numbers (see Patent reference)
Missing: The cap for the kerosene reservoir is missing - replaced by a bottle cap 'Marnier-Lapostolle Liquors"
Finish: Plated
Decoration: N/A

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Bradley & Hubbard, Lamp, oil, circa 1890–1900, Artifact no. 2007.0244, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2007.0244.001/

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