Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/DC/SINGLE CARBON
- DATE
- 1898
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.0827.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 9525
- LOCATION
- Schenectady, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 697831
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, CERAMIC, POSSIBLY ASBESTOS, CARBONS IN PLACE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 61.5 cm
- Width
- 22.0 cm
- Height
- 21.0 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
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Schenectady
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR OUTDOOR LIGHTING OR TO LIGHT LARGE INTERIOR SPACES - Technical
-
LAMP HAS AN EDGEWISE TYPE OF MAGNET COIL/ COILS ARE WOUND OF BARE FLAT WIRE ON EDGE, INSULATED WITH NON-COMBUSTABLE MATERIAL/ THIS AVOIDS PROBLEMS WITH OVERHEATED COTTON INSULATION & FORMS ALMOST INDESTRUCTABLE MAGNET COILS/ THIS FEATURE, WITH SIMPLICITY OF DESIGN & ACCESSIBILITY OF PTS MADE FOR LOW MAINTENANCE COSTS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE (INSIDE) 'FORM 12 ENCLOSED ARC LAMP/ FOR D.C. MULTIPLE CIRCUITS/ NO. 697831 CAT. NO. 9525/ PAT. JUN.5.'94 JUN.26,'94 NOV.8,'98'/ PLATE ON CASE 'THOMSON/ ENCLOSED ARC LAMP/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ SCHENECTADY, N.Y., U.S.A.'
- Missing
- MISSING GLASSWARE
- Finish
- CASE & TOP PAINTED BLACK, PTS ARE SILVERTONE -SOME APPEAR RUSTY, WHITE & BLACK
- Decoration
- CASE HAS SEVERAL NARROW RAISED BANDS ENCIRCLING IT
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General Electric Co., Lamp, electric arc, circa 1898, Artifact no. 1967.0827, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1967.0827.001/
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