Lamp bulb, incandescent

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OBJECT TYPE: TUNGSTEN/VACUUM/40W/115V/STRAIGHT/SCREW
DATE: 1912
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.0853.002

MANUFACTURER: Canadian General Electric Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: TUNGSTEN FILAMENT/ GLASS BULB, BUTTON ROD & STEM/ BRASS BASE/ DUMET LEADS THROUGHOUT/ MOLYBDENUM WIRE SUPPORTS/ FIBER LEADS SEPARATOR/ PAPER STEM INSERTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.2 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Height: N/A
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: General Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: LIGHTING/ GENERAL/ CLEAR
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK ON BOTH STEMS IS: '-a-'/ PAPER STEM INSERT IS CRUMPLED & UNREADABLE IN LAMP.1, IN LAMP.2 IT READS: 'PATENTED 1908, 1909,1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920'/WORN & TORN,PARTIALLY MISSING PAPER BLACK ON WHITE STICKER READS: 'CGE [?] W [EDI]SON [MA]ZDA [1]15V'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CLEAR GLASS BULB, BUTTON ROD & STEM/ BRASS COLOURED BASE/ BLACK CONTACT RING/ GREY/BROWN LEADS SEPARATOR/ FILAMENT CONSISTS OF SIX LOOPS WITH SIX SUPPORTS AT TOP & FIVE AT BOTTOM/
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian General Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1912, Artifact no. 1992.0853, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0853.002/

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