Lamp bulb, discharge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/400W
- DATE
- 1915–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0033.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse
- 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
- GLASS OUTER BULB & INNER BULB/ METAL BASE, ELECTRODES & INNER SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.0 cm
- Width
- 11.4 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
- Westinghouse
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
VICTOR (Chicago) a popular X-ray company at the time was known to manufacture many of the X-ray models found in Canada. - Function
-
Used to produce High-voltage electrons to create energy beams of very short wavelengths called X-Rays.3 - Technical
-
Type Example of an X-ray Tube 4 - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON END OF BULB: 'WESTINGHOUSE/ W [ENCLOSED IN CIRCLE]/ H33-1-GL/ C/ LIFEGUARD/ WEATHER/ DUTY/ 400WsTD.WH.MERCURY/ 92'/ ON BASE IS 'JFMAMJ-JASOND- 1234567890'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- OUTER BULB HAS WHITISH COATING ON INSIDE BUT TWO TUBULAR ENDS ARE CLEAR & COLOURLESS/ GOLD-COLOURED BASE WITH BLACK TIP, SILVER-COLOUREDIN MIDDLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Westinghouse, Lamp bulb, discharge, between 1915–1930, Artifact no. 1972.0033, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1972.0033.001/
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