Lamp bulb, incandescent

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OBJECT TYPE: TUNGSTEN/GAS/SCREW BASE/AUTO
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0731.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.
MODEL: 50
LOCATION: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1-.5 GLASS BULBS WITH METAL BASES, TUNGSTEN FILAMENTS/.6 CARDBOARD

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.6 cm
Width: 4.4 cm
Height: 3.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Automotive parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Westinghouse
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Hamilton

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1930 +
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS &SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: LIGHT SOURCE USED IN AUTOMOBILE FOR PANEL & DECORATIVE LIGHTING.
Technical: EARLY MAZDA INCANDESCENT LAMP WITH TUNGSTEN FILAMENT, GAS FILLED WITH SCREW BASE. LATTER WAS FOUND TO LOOSEN IN SOCKET DUE TO VIBRATION & REPLACED BY BAYONET BASE. TUNGSTEN FILAMENTS USED LESS CURRENT THAN CARBON PREVIOUSLY USED; NITROGEN-ARGON FILLED GLASS ENVELOPE INCREASED BRILLIANCE & USED LESS POWER (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1-.5 INCISED LETTERING ON METAL READS "MAZDA"/.6 WHITE & BLACK LETTERING ON EACH SIDE & ONE END READS "MADE IN/ CANADA/ BURGESS/ Westinghouse/ MAZDA LAMPS/ FOR AUTOMOBILES/ BURGESS BATTERY/ COMPANY"; BLACK LETTERING ON ONE END READS "MAZDA #5O/ 6-8 VOLT, 0.20 AMP./ AUTOMOBILE"; BLACK LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READING "Licensed under Letters Patent of the Dominion/ of Canada Nos. 195,861; 209,751; 223,518; 233,867;/ 280,165; 280,166; 289,379; 308,103 and other Letters Patent dated 1922 to 1940 inclusive./ Manufactured by/ Canadian Westinghouse Co., Limited/ Hamilton, Ontario"; WHITE LETTERING ON SUPPORT READS "Use/Burgess/ Mazda/ Lamps"
Missing: 5 LAMPS FROM PACKAGE OF 10
Finish: .1-.5 COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS; GOLD COLOURED BASES/.6 BLACK & WHITE WITH RED SECTIONS
Decoration: .6 BLACK & WHITE STRIPING

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Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1997.0731, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0731.001/

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