Lamp bulb, discharge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/250W/TUBE/SCREW
- DATE
- 1939–1947
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1694.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric
- MODEL
- A-H5
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS, METAL, CERAMIC, MICA
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.0 cm
- Width
- 4.5 cm
- Height
- 4.5 cm
- 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
LIGHTING/ SPECIAL/ ULTRA VIOLET/ USED FOR BLACK LIGHT, GENERAL & STREET LIGHTING - Technical
-
OUTER BULB OF THIS LAMP IS MADE OF A SPECIAL GLASS WHICH TRANSMITS 'BLACK LIGHT' RADIATION/ 250W LAMPS LESS USED IN STREET LIGHTING THAN WERE 4002/ ARC DISCHARGE INTHIS LAMP TAKES PLACE WITHIN SMALL CAPSULE-LIKE TUBE OF QUARTZ - THIS SHORT ARC LENGTH & SMALL DIAMETER ALLOWS FOR OPERATION AT HIGH VAPOUR PRESSURES & TEMPS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON END 'GENERAL ELECTRIC/ GE/ 250W A-H5'/ HYDRO # HANDPAINTED '1119'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR, COLOURLESS BULB, SILVERTONE INNER PTS/ GOLDTONE BASE, BLACK END/ BASE HAS CLEAR COATING OF LACQUER OR GLUE - PROBABLY AN ATTEMPT TO SEAL A POSSIBLE LEAK/ SPOT OF GREEN PAINT ON END
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric, Lamp bulb, discharge, between 1939–1947, Artifact no. 1992.1694, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.1694.001/
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