Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/AC-DC
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1620.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PARAGON MACHINE CO.
- MODEL
- SUPER PARAGON C
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- U-1728 (.1)
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.3 METAL, CERAMIC & PROBABLY OTHER INSULATING MATERIAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 72.0 cm
- Width
- 22.0 cm
- Height
- 22.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PARAGON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- COMMERCIAL ARC LIGHTING FIRST USED 1870S/ DECLINED AFTER C.1910/ SELDOM USED FOR SPACE LIGHTING BY 1940S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ COULD BE USED FOR STREET LIGHTING OR TO LIGHT LARGE INTERIOR SPACES - Technical
-
ENCLOSED ARC LAMPS HAD ADVANTAGES OVER OPEN TYPES/ CARBONS LASTED MUCH LONGER (APPROX. 150 HRS INSTEAD OF 10), LAMP GAVE STEADIER LIGHT & FIRE HAZARD WAS LESS/ THE 1ST PATENT FOR AN ENCLOSED ARC LAMP WAS ISSUED IN 1891,THEY BEGAN TO BE COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED C.1893/ BY 1899 85% OF ARC LAMPS MADE IN U.S. WERE ENCLOSED TYPE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1-.3 PLATE IS SAME EXCEPT FOR SERIAL NO. 'THE SUPER PARAGON ARC LAMP/ PATENTS PENDING/ 110-220 VOLTS ALTERNATING OR DIRECT CURRENT/ 24-18 AMPS. 25 TO 60 CYCLES/ TYPE C. SERIAL NO. [.1 U-1728;.2 U-1726;.3 U-34007]/ THE PARAGON MACHINE CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y.'/.1-.3 CAST IN UNDER TOP '1222A'/.3 CAST UNDER LOWER PLATE '1221'
- Missing
- .1-.3 MISSING GLASSWARE
- Finish
- .1-.3 APPEAR MOSTLY UNFINISHED, WITH TOP PAINTED BLACK, SOME PTS BLACK, WHITE, SILVERTONE, MUCH APPEARS RUSTY
- Decoration
- N/A
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PARAGON MACHINE CO., Lamp, electric arc, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1992.1620, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1620.001/
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