Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/VACUUM/30CP/STRAIGHT/SCREW
- DATE
- 1904–1905
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0550.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- GEM
- 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
- CARBON FILAMENT/ GLASS BULB & STEM/ CARBON PASTE FILAMENT CONNECTIONS/ METAL (BRASS?) BASE/ FIBER STEM SEPARATOR/ PAPER STEM INSERT/ PLATINUM LEADS THROUGH SEAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.0 cm
- Width
- 7.9 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
- General Electric
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
LIGHTING/ SPECIAL/ SERIES - Technical
-
GEM IS STRONG & SIMPLE FILAMENT WITH ADVANTAGES OVER THENERNST & OSMIUM LAMPS, EASIER TO PRODUCE, DURABLE, LOW COST/ FILAMENT PRODUCED IN NEW TYPE OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE FURNACE USING TEMP OF 3500 C/ WITH ITS RISING TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENCY GEM COULD STAND VOLTAGE VARIATIONSBETTER THAN ORDINARY CARBON LAMPS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK & WHITE OVAL PAPER STICKER ON BASE READS: '30CP EDISON GEM SERIES AMP'/ HANDWRITTEN IN INK, VERY FADED, ON SAME STICKER ABOVE 'AMPS' IS: '7.5'/ PAPER STEM INSERT WITH PRINTING ON ONE SIDE ONLY READS: 'JUNE 2-19 [?] N.P.39[?]'/ PAPER STEM INSERT WITH PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES READS: 'THE MANUFACTURER OF [THIS LAMP] IS LICENSED [UNDER] PATENTS NOTED ON OTHERSIDE/ REISSUE OCT 10 05 [12,393] MAR 20 94 516,800 APR 16 95 537,[?] APR 16 95 537,[?] APR 28 03 726,[?] AND OTHERS NP5036'/ HANDWRITTEN IN BLUE INK ON STEM IS: '32 75'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR GLASS BULB & STEM/ TWO GLASS EXTENSIONS FROM WHICH FILAMENT EMERGES ARE DARKENED FROM USE/ MOGUL BASE IS BRASS COLOURED WITH A BLACK CONTACT RING/ FIBER LEADS SEPARATOR IS GREY/BROWN IN COLOUR/ OVAL BLACK & WHITE STICKER ON BULB/ 2 OVAL PAPER STEM INSERTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1904–1905, Artifact no. 1992.0550, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.0550.001/
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