Lamp bulb, incandescent

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OBJECT TYPE: TUNGSTEN/VACUUM/32CP/6.GA/STRAIGHT/SCREW
DATE: 1909
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.0860.001

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

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: TUNGSTEN FILAMENT/ GLASS BULB & STEM/ BRASS BASE/ PLATINUM LEAD WIRES AT SEAL/ COPPER LEADS/ CORK LEADS SEPARATOR/ PAPER STEM INSERT

Dimensions

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

Length: 18.8 cm
Width: 8.6 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/ SERIES
Technical: EARLY TUNGSTEN LAMP
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK ON STEM IS: '63 182 41X'/ ON INSIDE OF BASE: '35[P'S-PP] f1'/ OVAL PALE YELLOW PAPER STEM INSERT WITHLAMP OUTLINE ON BOTH SIDES READS: 'THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS LAMP IS LICENSED UNDER PATENTS NOTED ON OTHER SIDE/ JAN.22.1895.APR.18.1895.NOV.8.1904.JAN.18.1897.APR.27.1909.JUN.2. 1903.MAR.30.1910'/CIRCULAR PAPER STICKER ON BULB HAS DEPICTION OF RISING SUN INORANGE & 'SUNBEAM MAZDA' WRITTEN IN BLACK/ OVAL BLACK ON WHITE STICKER ON BULB READS: 'AMP SERIES BURNING CP', IN PENCIL BEFORE AMP IS: '6.6' IN PENCIL BEFORECP IS: '32'/ RED & WHITE PAPER RECTANGULAR STICKER HAS ON IT IN PENCIL: '11'/ STAMPED ON BULB: 'MAZDA'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CLEAR GLASS BULB & STEM/ BRASS BASE/ BLACK CONTACT RING/ HEAVY COPPER LEADS/ ONE ROUND & ONE OVAL BLACK ON WHITE PAPER STICKERS ON BULB/ONE RED & WHITE RECTANGULAR PAPER STICKER ON BULB/ FILAMENT IS HELD IN PLACE BY A GLASS ROD & A SPRING WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO LAMP TIP/ LIGHT TAN COLOURED LEADS SEPARATOR
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian General Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1909, Artifact no. 1992.0860, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0860.001/

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