Support, mantle

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OBJECT TYPE: GAS LAMP/WELSBACH
DATE: 1870–1915
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0353.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 10.0 cm
Width: 4.4 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Lighting device parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CIRCA 1890 +
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, GAS MFR. & DISTRIBUTOR, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO CITY OF TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF INCREASING COMPETITION WITH & EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING.
Function: PART OF GAS LAMP USED TO HOLD WELSBACH MANTLE.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF WELSBACHMANTLE, WHICH WAS WAS INTRODUCED TO U.S. (& PROBABLY CANADA) IN 1890. INVENTED IN 1999, IT CONSISTED OF COTTON FRAME IMPREGNATED WITH THORIUM & CERIUM WHICH, WHEN HEATED, PROVIDED INCANDESCENT GLOW. THIS INVENTION ENABLED GAS LIGHTING TO COMPETE WITH NEW ELECTRIC LAMP.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: GOLD COLOURED
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Support, mantle, between 1870–1915, Artifact no. 1998.0353, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0353.001/

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