General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Glass tube/ metal parts

Dimensions

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

Length

87.3 cm

Width

N/A

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

1.2 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Lighting Technology

Category

Lamp bulbs

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Westinghouse

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

An example of a lamp bulb used in Canada, part of a large and varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired and documented by Ontario Hydro in the 1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Canada and was donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in 1992

Function

A device used to provide illumination by means of an electric current which excites mercury vapour in a glass tube, producing short-wave ultraviolet light that then creates fluorescence, producing visible light.

Technical

The Westinghouse Sterilamp, the first bactericidal mecury vapour lamp, was introduced in 1938 (Ref. 3). From advertisement in Life magazine (1945): Today, manufacturers use the new Westinghouse Sterilamp to guard the purity of war-vital penicillin, serums and vaccines...for the Sterilamp produces ultra-violet rays which kill air-borne bacteria. Tomorrow Sterilamps will be available for home use in nurseries, sick rooms...wherever harmful bacteria must not be allowed (Ref. 4)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Black lettering on glass reads 'W [logo]/ WE-7?/ STERILAMP/ WARNING/ READ/ CAUTION NOTICE/ 2 3 3 '/ white handwritten lettering on glass reads 'REG. PROD./ #10'

Missing

Unknown

Finish

Colourless transparent tube/ metallic parts

Decoration

N/A