Lamp, gas
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BICYCLE/ACETYLENE/CARBIDE
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0100.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Powell & Hanmer Ltd.
- MODEL
- PANTHER
- LOCATION
- Birmingham, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NICKLED BRASS WITH SOME STEEL PIECES; GLASS LIGHT COVER AND "JEWELS" ON SIDE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- 10.5 cm
- Height
- 16.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Cycles & cycling
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Powell Hanmer
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Birmingham
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
POPULAR LAMP IN CANADA - Function
-
USED, WHEN AFFIXED TO A BICYCLE, TO PROVIDE ILLUMINATION FOR THE RIDER - Technical
-
ACETYLENE GAS IS PRODUCED IN THE LAMP BY THE ACTION OF WATER ON CALCIUM CARBIDE WITH THE GENERATOR DEVISED TO BRING THESE 2 ELEMENTS TOGETHER GRADUALLY BUT EVENLY, SO THAT THE GAS MAY ESCAPE AT THE BURNER IN STEADY VOLUME TO PRODUCE AN EVEN UNFLICKERING LIGHT [REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOLDED ON TOP OF VENT:'PANTHER B'HAM/ PH/ Ltd'/ DECORATIVE LOGO EMBOSSED ON CLAMP: 'P & H'/ STAMPED IN BASE: 'MADE IN ENGLAND'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SURFACE NICKELED
- Decoration
- HORIZONTAL RIDGES ON WATER AND CARBIDE TANKS
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Powell & Hanmer Ltd., Lamp, gas, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1998.0100, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0100.001/
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