Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPEN
- DATE
- 1881
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1608.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Crompton & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chelmsford, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 7728
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 FERROUS &NON-FERROUS METALS, CORD OF POSSIBLY VEGETABLE FIBRE, FIBRE COVERED WIRE, CARBONS IN PLACE/.2 FERROUS & NON-FERROUS METALS, CERAMIC, FIBRE COVERED WIRE/.3 NON-FERROUS METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Crompton
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Chelmsford
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- COMMERCIAL ARC LIGHTING FIRST USED 1870'S/ DECLINED AFTER C.1910/ SELDOM USED FOR SPACE LIGHTING BY 1940'S
- Canada
-
THE CROMPTON LAMP DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN USED MUCH IN CANADA AS COMPARED TO THE THOMSON-HOUSTON OR BRUSH LAMPS - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR STREET LIGHTING - Technical
-
THIS LAMP WAS MADE USING THE SERRIN LAMP AS A MODEL, BUT SIMPLIFIED BY CROMPTON - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATES 'CROMPTON & Co. LD./ ELECTRIC LIGHT/ ENGINEERS/ CHELMSFORD ENGLAND' & 'CROMPTON & POCHIN/ PATENT No 15840/ [PT MISSING] AMPERES/ [PT MISSING] 0 7728'
- Missing
- MISSING GLASSWARE
- Finish
- .1 SOME PTS APPEAR TO BE PAINTED BLACK, OTHERS ARE BRASS OR SILVERTONE/.2 SOME BRASSTONE PTS, SOME APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BLACK, GLAZED WHITE PULLEY
- Decoration
- N/A
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Crompton & Co. Ltd., Lamp, electric arc, circa 1881, Artifact no. 1992.1608, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.1608.001/
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