Heater, gas jet
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GAS
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0387.001
- 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
- FERROUS METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 16.0 cm
- Height
- 11.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting accessories
- 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
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DEVICE USED TO TRANSFORM GAS FLAME OF GAS LAMP INTO HEATER. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF LATE 19TH C. GAS LAMP ACCESSORY. ACCORDING TO TAG, THIS ARTIFACT WAS DEMONSTRATED IN EXHIBITIONS AROUND 1890 & WAS MEANS OF TRANSFORMING LIGHTING ELEMENT INTO HEATING ELEMENT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- BOWL
- Finish
- OBSCURED BY CORROSION
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Heater, gas jet, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1998.0387, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0387.001/
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