General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, FIBRE-COVERED CORD WITH A PROBABLY SYNTHETIC PLUG

Dimensions

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

Length

52.0 cm

Width

25.0 cm

Height

120.0 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

General Electric

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

EXAMPLE OF A LAMP MADE & USED IN CANADA

Function

TO PRODUCE RAYS OF LIGHT SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE SUN, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE WHAT WERE SEEN AS THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS OF SUCH LIGHT.

Technical

'SUN' LAMPS WERE DEVELOPED TO MIMIC SUNLIGHT FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES/CARBON ARC LAMPS & QUARTZ MERCURY ARC LAMPS WERE 1ST USED FOR THIS PURPOSE/ IN 1929 G.E. INTRODUCED A COMBINATION INCANDESCENT & MERCURY ARC LAMP/ OTHER INCANDESCENT LAMPS WERE ALSO USED FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE 'GENERAL ["GE" LOGO] ELECTRIC/ SUNLAMP/ CAUTION [EXCL.MARK] BEFORE INSTALLING OR/ OPERATING READ INSTRUCTIONS/ IMPORTANT [EXCL.MARK] THIS LAMP PRODUCES/ SUNBURN. AVOID OVEREXPOSURE/ MODEL K V.A. 360/ VOLTS- 110/120 CYC. 25/ H.E.P.C. OF ONTARIO APPROVAL NO. 3107/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LIMITED/ L-4509664 TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA'

Missing

none apparent

Finish

PAINTED LIGHT YELLOW, IN SOME PLACES APPEARS A SLIGHTLY DARKER GOLD-YELLOW/ INSIDE OF REFLECTOR PAINTED SILVER-GREY

Decoration

ON BASE IS SERIES OF SLITS IN RAY-LIKE PATTERN ENCIRCLING CENTRE POST