Lamp, gas
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BICYCLE/ACETYLENE/CARBIDE
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0638.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Powell & Hanmer Ltd.
- MODEL
- Panther
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NICKEL PLATED BRASS CASING/ GLASS LENS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.4 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Height
- 16.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Cycles & cycling
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Powell Hanmer
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY AVAILABLE FROM THE 1900S TO THE 1930S
- Canada
-
THE CARBIDE/ACETYLENE PROCESS UTILIZED IN THIS LAMP WAS DISCOVERED BY CANADIAN T. WILLSON - Function
-
DEVICE USED FOR ILLUMINATION ON A BICYCLE - Technical
-
PROVIDE SAFE, EFFICIENT AND PORTABLE ILLUMINATION FOR CYCLISTS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- IN CAST RAISED LETTERS ON VENT HOOD IS: 'PANTHER/ P&H/ LTD./ B'HAM'/ INCISED INTO BRACKET IN LOGO FORM IS: 'P&H'/ INCISED INTO UNDERSIDE OF BASE IS: 'MADE IN ENGLAND'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PLATED FINISH/ CLEAR GLASS LENS/ ONE RED, ONE GREEN SIDE JEWEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Powell & Hanmer Ltd., Lamp, gas, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1976.0638, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1976.0638.001/
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