Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUNGSTEN/VACUUM/40W/120V/TUBE/SCREW
- DATE
- 1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0775.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- TUNGSTEN FILAMENT/ GLASS BULB & STEM/ METAL BASES,.1 MAYBE BRASS,.2 ALUMINUM/ DUMET LEADS THROUGH SEAL/ EXTENDED NICKEL LEAD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.6 cm
- Width
- 3.2 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
LIGHTING/ SPECIAL/ SHOWCASE - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LAMP.1 HAS STAMPED ONTO TOP OF BULB IN GREY: '40 WATT GE 120 [VOLT]'/ LAMP.2 HAS STAMPEDONTO TOP OF BULB IN GREY/BROWN LETTERS: '40W GE 120V', ON EITHER SIDE OF GE IS A STAR
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BOTH BULBS TUBULAR IN SHAPE & FROSTED/ FILAMENT IS 75mm LONG & IS SUPPORTED BY TWO WIRES SET IN GLASS BEADS 25mm APART ON AN EXTENDED LEAD/ U SHAPED PIN AT END OF LEAD CENTERS FILAMENT/ LAMP.1 HAS BRASS COLOURED BASE & BASE BUTTON & BLACK CONTACT RING/ LAMP.2 HAS SILVER COLOURED BASE WITH A BRASS COLOURED BASE BUTTON & BLACK CONTACT RING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1946, Artifact no. 1992.0775, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.0775.001/
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