Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/VACUUM/EDISON SCREW/TIPPED
- DATE
- 1898–1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0319.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, INCLUDING CARBON, PLATINUM WIRES/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.0 cm
- Width
- 5.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lamp bulbs
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- CIRCA 1898 +
- Canada
-
TYPE OF LIGHT BULB USED IN ELECTRIC LUMINAIRE AT TURN OF 19TH C. IN UPPER & MIDDLE CLASS URBAN CANADIAN HOMES & BUSINESSES. FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO TORONTO. BY 1880'S ELECTRICITYWAS BEING INTRODUCED IN CANADA & EVENTUALLY GAS LIGHTING DISAPPEARED. - Function
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TO PROVIDE LIGHT BY MEANS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH HEATS UP CARBON FILAMENT INSIDE BULB TO INCANDESCENCE. - Technical
-
STARTING WITH EDISON LAMP IN 1879, INCANDESCENT LAMP WAS MADE WITH CARBON FILAMENT AS LUMINOUS BODY, WHICH WAS HEATED TO PRODUCE LIGHT; HOWEVER MUCH OF ENERGY WAS LOST AS HEAT. IN 1905 TUNGSTEN FILAMENT WAS INTRODUCED TO IMPROVE BRIGHTNESS, BUT WAS FRAGILE. IN 1908 DUCTILE TUNGSTEN FILAMENT APPEARED; IT COULD BE HEATED TO TEMPERATURES, GAVE WHITER LIGHT, & HAD LONGER LIFE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT BULB/ FINISH ON BASE OBSCURED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lamp bulb, incandescent, between 1898–1915, Artifact no. 1998.0319, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0319.001/
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