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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCREW
- DATE
- 1890–1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1758.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- HARDWOOD FRAME; BRASS SCREW SHELL.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.9 cm
- Width
- 8.9 cm
- Height
- 2.9 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- User site
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF SOCKET WAS USED C. 1890 TO 1920.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
TO SUPPORT AND CONNECT A LAMP TO ELECTRICAL SOURCE. - Technical
-
EDISON IS THE FIRST TO HAVE DEVELOPED WIRING DEVICES, THE EARLIEST (1881) BEING MADE OF HARDWOOD (THEN CONSIDERED AN IDEAL INSULATOR.) THE THREADED METAL SHELL USED FOR LAMPS WAS KNOWNAS THE EDISON BASE. IT WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN MODELLED ON THE STOPPER OF AN OLD KEROSENE CAN, COMMON IN HOMES OF THE PERIOD. IN 1884 THE WOODEN FRAME AROUND THE SOCKET WAS REPLACED WITH A BRASS OUTER SHELL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None.
- Missing
- BRASS CONTACT.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Socket, between 1890–1920, Artifact no. 1992.1758, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1758.001/
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