Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUNGSTEN/GAS/6.6A/PEAR/SCREW
- DATE
- 1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1703.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- 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
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.5 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 11.0 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/ OUTDOOR/ USED FOR STREET LIGHTING ON CONSTANT CURRENT SERIES CIRCUITS - Technical
-
THE HEAVY FILAMENT IN THIS LAMP ENABLES THE EFFICIENCY TO BE INCREASED ABOVE THAT OF MULTIPLE LAMPS OF EQUIVALENT WATTAGES/ A SLOW INCREASE IN WATTAGE & FILAMENT TEMPERATURE DURING LIFE MAINTAINS A HIGH PERCENT OF INITIAL LIGHT OUTPUT IN THIS LAMP - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED INTO STEM '83'/ HYDRO NO. HANDPAINTED ON '1104'/ STAMPING ON TOP OFBULB NOW ILLEGIBLE, HYDRO RECORD GIVES IT AS 'GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE) 2500 lumens 6.6A'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR, COLOURLESS BULB, SILVERTONE INNER PTS, BRASSTONE & BLACK BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1946, Artifact no. 1992.1703, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.1703.001/
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