Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUNGSTEN/VACUUM/100W/110-120V/STRAIGHT/SCREW
- DATE
- 1914–1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0869.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- EDISON MAZDA
- 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
- TUNGSTEN FILAMENT/ GLASS BULB, BUTTON ROD & STEM/ BRASS BASE/ PLATINUM LEADS AT SEAL/ COPPER LEADS/ HEAVY COPPER FILAMENT SUPPORTS/ FIBER LEADS SEPARATOR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.0 cm
- Width
- 9.5 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
-
MEASURING/ HORIZONTAL SECONDARY STANDARD - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK ON STEM IS: 'C 847 [3]0 881'/ BLACK ON YELLOW PAPER STEM INSERT HAS OUTLINE OFLAMP ON IT, ONE SIDE IS OBSCURED, READS'THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS LAMP IS LICENSED UNDER PATENTS NOTED ON OTHER SIDE', IN RED OVER THIS IS: '[?] GE [?]'/ RECTANGULAR BLACK ON WHITE PAPER STICKER ON BULB READS: 'ELECTRICAL TESTING LABORATORIES STANDARD LAMP #4117'/ STAMPED (ETCHED?) ONTO BULB IS: 'EDISON MAZDA'/ STAMPED INTO BASE SKIRT IS: '-PAT. NOV 8. 1904 NOV.22.1904-'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR GLASS BULB, BUTTON ROD & STEM/ BRASS COLOURED SKIRTED BASE/ BLACK RING BELOW SKIRT/ VENT HOLE IN UNDERSIDE OF SKIRT/ BLACK CONTACT RING/ WHITE LEADS SEPARATOR/ FIVE LOOP FILAMENT WITH NINE SUPPORTS/ FILAMENT SUPPORTS OF HEAVY COPPER/ RECTANGULAR PAPER STICKER ON BULB/ OVAL BLACK ON YELLOW OVAL PAPER STEM INSERT
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1914–1920, Artifact no. 1992.0869, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.0869.001/
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