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- OBJECT TYPE
- turn/reciprocating/appliance
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2517.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- synthetic base/ metal shell/ porcelain switch handle/ metal parts
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.5 cm
- Width
- 6.4 cm
- Height
- 8.7 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
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- circa 1930+
- Canada
-
An American made switch of a type used in Canada.. Part of a large & varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired & documented by Ontario Hydro in the 1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest & most comprehensive of its kind in Canada & was donated to the National Museum of Science & Technology in 1992. - Function
-
An electrical wiring device used to make or break a connection in an electrical circuit, specifically in a heating appliance. - Technical
-
Example of reciprocating switch which turned on-off in any direction (Ref. 3). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- raised lettering on base reads "UNIVERSAL", "L.F. & G.", "PATENTED MARCH 7. 1922"/ incised lettering on shell reads MADE IN U.S.A. UND. LAB. INSP.", "DIAMOND H SWITCH", "10A. 125V. 5A. 250V."/ raised lettering on shell reads "OFF LOW MED FULL"
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- black base/ gold coloured shell/ glazed white switch handle
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Switch, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1992.2517, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2517.001/
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