Standard, candlepower
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1898
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2418.001
- MANUFACTURER
- WRIGHT, ALEXANDER & CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS METAL BASE/ NON-FERROUS METAL STAND, FEET & WORKING PARTS/ CERAMIC TUBE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.0 cm
- Width
- 28.5 cm
- Height
- 81.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Wright
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1898+
- Canada
-
PART OF LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF OVER 7500 ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960S. COLLECTION WAS THOUGHT TO BE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA & WAS DONATED TO NMST IN 1992. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED AS STANDARD AGAINST WHICH CANDLE POWER COULD BE VERIFIED. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING "ALEXR WRIGHT & CO. LTD./ ENGINEERS/ WESTMINSTER S.W."
- Missing
- INCOMPLETE
- Finish
- PAINTED BLACK WITH BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ GREY CERAMIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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WRIGHT, ALEXANDER & CO. LTD., Standard, candlepower, circa 1898, Artifact no. 1992.2418, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2418.001/
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