Lamp bulb, discharge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- mercury/400W/irregular mogul screw
- DATE
- 1963
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1697.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sylvania
- MODEL
- Banner H33-1GL/X/RS
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS, METAL, CERAMIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.5 cm
- Width
- 11.7 cm
- Height
- 11.7 cm
- 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
- Sylvania
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
LIGHTING/ GENERAL & SPECIAL/ OUTDOOR/ USED TO PROVIDE LIGHT FOR STREET LIGHTING, FLOODLIGHTING & COMMERCIAL LIGHTING/ BECAUSE THIS LAMP WAS COLOUR CORRECTED IT COULD BE USED WHERE COLOUR RENDITION WAS FELT TO BE IMPORTANT & MIGHT ALSO BE USED INDOORS IN PLACES SUCH AS LIBRARIES, BANKS & GYMNASIUMS. - Technical
-
A PHOSPHOR COATING WAS 1ST USED MERCURY LAMPS C.1958 FOR COLOUR CORRECTION - THIS IMPROVED THE COLOUR WITHOUT REDUCING LIGHT OUTPUT WHICH PREVIOUS BULB COATINGS HAD DONE/ SYLVANIA INTRODUCED 'RUGGEDIZED' LAMPS BY 1960 - THE SUPPORT WAS STRONGER & MADE TO ABSORB SHOCKS & VIBRATION & THE GLASS TO WITHSTAND BAD WEATHER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON TOP OF BULB '400 BANNER/ H33-1GL/X/RS SYLVANIA/ CANADA'/ STAMPED INTO BASE '123456789101112 65 66 67 50 11'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- NECK & TOP OF BULB ARE TRANSPARENT, TINTED PINK; MID-SECTION OF BULB IS PINK, PROBABLY TRANSLUSCENT/ SILVERTONE & BLACK BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Sylvania, Lamp bulb, discharge, circa 1963, Artifact no. 1992.1697, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1697.001/
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