Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/LUMINOUS/DC
- DATE
- 1906
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1626.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Schenectady, New York, 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
- METAL; CERAMIC; FELTED FIBRE; PROBABLY MICA & ASBESTOS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.0 cm
- Width
- 40.0 cm
- Height
- 40.0 cm
- 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
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Schenectady
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- COMMERCIAL ARC LIGHTING FIRST USED 1870S/ DECLINED AFTER C.1910/ SELDOM USED FOR SPACE LIGHTING BY 1940S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR STREET LIGHTING & OTHER OUTDOOR LIGHTING - Technical
-
THE LUMINOUS ARC LAMP, 1ST DEVELOPED IN 1902 &PLACED ON THE AMERICAN MARKET IN 1903, WAS CONSIDERED G.E.'S MAIN CONTRIBUTION TO TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT IN ARC LIGHTING/ CONSUMING 310W IT GAVE 30 PERCENT MORE LIGHT THAN A 480W CARBON LAMP/ NO ENCLOSING GLOBE WAS REQUIRED & IT COULD PROVIDE IDEAL DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE LEGIBLE
- Missing
- GLASSWARE, GLOBE HOLDER
- Finish
- CASE IS BLACK WITH REDDISH PATCHES, WHITE PLATE ON BOTTOM
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Lamp, electric arc, circa 1906, Artifact no. 1992.1626, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.1626.001/
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