Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/AC
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1616.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse
- MODEL
- 36000
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- 14670
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, INCLUDING COPPER, BRASS, FERROUS METAL;PORCELAIN; MICA; VULCABESTON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.0 cm
- Width
- 28.0 cm
- Height
- 25.5 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
- Westinghouse
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- COMMERCIAL ARC LIGHTING FIRST USED 1870'S/ DECLINED AFTER C.1910/ SELDOM USED FOR SPACE LIGHTING BY 1940'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR STREET LIGHTING & POSSIBLY TO LIGHT LARGE INTERIOR SPACES - Technical
-
USED A DIFFERENTIAL WINDING WHICH GIVES POSITIVE & UNIFORM REGULATION OF THE ARC/ NOISE IS ALMOST ELIMINATED - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE 'WESTINGHOUSE/ ENCLOSED ARC LAMP/ STYLE NO. 36000 SERIAL NO. 14670/ NAME PLATE 379'
- Missing
- MISSING GLASSWARE, INNER GLOBE HOLDER, CHAIN, POSSIBLY REFLECTOR (ACCORDING TO OH CATALOGUE, THIS LAMP CAME WITH "LARGE METAL SHADE")
- Finish
- CASE IS UNFINISHED COPPER, PTS BLACK, WHITE, BRASS COLOUR/ REFLECTOR (?) GLAZED BLUE ON TOP, WHITE ON LOWER SIDE
- Decoration
- CASE HAS VERTICAL RIBBING AROUND IT
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Westinghouse, Lamp, electric arc, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1992.1616, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1616.001/
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