Lamp bulb, incandescent

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OBJECT TYPE: CARBON/VACUUM/50CP/10V/STRAIGHT/IRREGULAR
DATE: 1903
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.0643.001

MANUFACTURER: General Electric Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRAIDED CARBONIZED SILK FILAMENT/ GLASS BULB & STEM/ METAL (BRASS?) BASE/ NICKEL LEADS/ PLATINUM LEADS THROUGH SEAL/ PAPER STEM INSERT/ BRASS BASE PRONGS/ COMPOSITE INSULATION

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.1 cm
Width: 9.4 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: General Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: LIGHTING/ SPECIAL/ SERIES
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK ON STEM IS: '50 cp 10'/ FRAYED CIRCULAR PAPERSTICKER ON BULB READS: 'GE'/ BOTH PAPER LABELS IN STEM ARE BLACK ON WHITE/ PRINTING ON ONE INSERT IS OBSCURED BY DIRT, READS: '[?] 1903 N.P. 3972'/OTHER LABEL HAS PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES & THE OUTLINE OF LAMPS ON BOTH SIDES & READS: 'THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS LAMP IS LICENSED UNDER PATENTS NOTED ON OTHER SIDE/ JAN-13-91 444,530 MAR-20-94 516,800 APR-16-95 537,403 APR-16-95 537,693 APR-28-03 726,293 AND OTHERS'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CLEAR GLASS BULB & STEM/ STEM HAS TWO BLUE GLASS RODS FROM WHICH FILAMENT EMERGES/ BRASS COLOURED BASE & BASE PRONGS/ UNDERSIDE OF BASE IS BLACK/ INTERIOR OF BASE IS WHITE/ TWO BLACK ON WHITE PAPER STEM INSERTS/ BLACK ON WHITE FRAYED CIRCULAR PAPER STICKER ON BULB
Decoration: N/A

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General Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1903, Artifact no. 1992.0643, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.0643.001/

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