Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/FLAME
- DATE
- 1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1612.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Armorduct Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS & NON-FERROUS METAL, CERAMIC, COATED FIBRE COVERING ON WIRES, POSSIBLY PHENOLIC RESIN INSULATORS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 58.5 cm
- Width
- 22.0 cm
- Height
- 22.0 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
- Armorduct
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- COMMERCIAL ARC LIGHTING FIRST USED 1870S/ DECLINED AFTER C.1910/ SELDOM USED FOR SPACE LIGHTING BY 1940'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR OUTDOOR LIGHTING OR TO LIGHT LARGE INTERIOR SPACES - Technical
-
PROVIDED A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT DUE TO THE BETTER REFLECTING SURFACE OF THE TOP ELECTRODE & BECAUSE THE LIGHT IS NOT OBSCURED BY THE BOTTOM ELECTRODE/ THIS LAMP WAS MADE FOR INDIRECT LIGHTING & WOULD LAST UP TO 200 HRS BETWEEN TRIMMINGS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE 'Mod EVD Idd5Amp/ No. 594986/ Ser.-No.'/ INSIDE UPPER MECHANISM CASE, AT TOP OF COIL '309' ON ONE SIDE '5A' ON OTHER
- Missing
- MISSING REFLECTOR & INNER GLASS GLOBE
- Finish
- OUTER CASING FINISHED IN BLACK, INNER PTS ARE SILVERTONE, WHITE, BLACK, RUSTY BROWN & GREEN
- Decoration
- CASING ON LOWER MECHANISM HAS DIAMOND SHAPED HOLES IN IT
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Armorduct Mfg. Co., Lamp, electric arc, circa 1912, Artifact no. 1992.1612, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1612.001/
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