Lamp bulb, incandescent

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OBJECT TYPE: CARBON/BROMINE/16CP/104V/PEAR/T-H
DATE: 1893
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.0973.001

MANUFACTURER: Waring Electric Co.
MODEL: NOVAK
LOCATION: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CARBON FILAMENT/ GLASSBULB & STEM/ PLATINUM LEADS THROUGH SEAL/ BRASS BASE/ FIBER BOARD INSULATION

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.9 cm
Width: 6.3 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: Waring
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Boston

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: LIGHTING/ GENERAL/ CLEAR
Technical: LAMP USES BROMINE AS A GETTER TO REDUCE BULB DISCOLOURATION/ THIS LAMP IS A VERY EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF A GETTER
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RECTANGULAR PAPER STICKER ON BULB IS BLACK ON WHITE WITH MODEL NAME IN RED READS: 'PAT. MAY 9, 1893. 104 V NOVAK 16 C.P.'/ HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK ON SAME STICKER IS: '12 20/93'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CLEAR GLASS BULB & STEM/ BRASS COLOURED BASE & CONNECTION RING/ RED BASE INSULATION/ RECTANGULAR PAPER STICKER ON BULB, RED & BLACK ON WHITE
Decoration: N/A

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Waring Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1893, Artifact no. 1992.0973, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0973.001/

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