Lamp bulb, short arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- XENON
- DATE
- 1970–1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0826.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HANOVIA LAMP DIV.
- MODEL
- 15197-100
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 211173
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS & METAL BULB, ENCLOSED IN SYNTHETIC TUBE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 43.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 13.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lamp bulbs
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HANOVIA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Newark
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF ARC LAMP BULB PROBABLY USED C. 1970S.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
SOURCE OF INTENSE LIGHT, FOR SPECIALTY APPLICATIONS. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF XENON SHORT OR COMPACT ARC LAMPBULB, PRODUCING EXTREMELY INTENSE LIGHT. COLOR RENDERING OF XENON LAMPS IS EXCELLENT, RANGING FROM ICY PURE TO VERY SLIGHTLY BLUISH WHITE, WITH A COLOR TEMPERATURE USUALLY IN THE MID 5,000S KELVIN. THIS VISIBLE SPECTRUM IS ALMOST ENTIRELY CONTINUOUS. XENON SHORT ARC LAMPS REQUIRE VERY HIGH VOLTAGE STARTING PULSES. ACTUAL VOLTAGE VARIES WITH LAMP MODEL. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Glass bulb is marked "L5197-100/ 211173/ HANOVIA/ USA ". " 7/16 " incised on one metal end piece. " T.P. 2,000 " appears in raised print on orange end caps on protective tube. Orange and black hazard label applied to front of storage tube reads " READ ALL/ INSTRUCTIONS/ BEFORE REMOVING LAMP/ FROM PACKAGE ".
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- CLEAR GLASS TUBE HAS SILVER METAL FITTINGS INSIDE, AND ON ENDS; SECURED WITHIN SLIGHTLY OPAQUE SYNTHETIC TUBE FITTED WITH BRIGHT ORANGE COLOURED SYNTHETIC END CAPS AND THIN METAL STRIP RUNNING FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.
- Decoration
- N/A
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HANOVIA LAMP DIV., Lamp bulb, short arc, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 1966.0826, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0826.001/
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