Receptacle, electric

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OBJECT TYPE: screw/fused/surface/switchboard
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2619.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: porcelain shell/ copper/ steel/ glass tube

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.0 cm
Width: 5.6 cm
Height: 4.6 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: Unknown
Canada: An example of a receptacle of a type made & 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 provide a point at which power can be drawn from a wiring system by means of a plug .
Technical: Edison had the idea for a light socket while screwing the cap on a kerosene can. It has the advantage of firmly seating the bulb without having to snap, pull or otherwise jar the lamp and its delicate filament (Ref. 4). Fuses designed to carry the current of only one lamp in were developed to attempt to protect lamps form over voltage. This resembles switchboard receptacles displayed in C.G.E. Catalogues except that in the 1920s & 1930s switchboard receptacles were all metal rather than porcelain (Ref. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: none
Missing: appears complete
Finish: glazed white porcelain/ gold coloured & metallic metal/ colourless transparent glass
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Receptacle, electric, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2619, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2619.001/

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