Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/VACUUM/10CP/110V/STRAIGHT/T-H
- DATE
- 1885–1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0166.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CARBON FILAMENT/ CARBON PASTE FILAMENT CONNECTIONS/ GLASS BULB & STEM/ METAL BASE/ PLATINUM LEADS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.3 cm
- Width
- 6.4 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
- Thomson Houston
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Lynn
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
LIGHTING/ GENERAL/ CLEAR - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED INTO BASE IS: 'MANF'D BY/ T-H. ELEC. CO./ LYNN, MASS. U.S.A./PATENTED/ JAN. 7. 1879/ MAY. 12. 1885/ PATENTS APPLIED FOR.'/ PAPER STICKER ON BASE READS: '10 C./ 110'/ RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE OF BASE READS: 'F-11-90'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR GLASS BULB & STEM/ BRASS COLOURED METAL BASE/ INSIDE OF BASE IS WHITE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Thomson-Houston Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1885–1890, Artifact no. 1992.0166, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.0166.001/
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