Receptacle, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCREW/SINGLE/SURFACE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1725.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 224
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CERAMIC & METAL, SOME FIBRE ON AN END OF WIRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.1 cm
- Width
- 9.1 cm
- Height
- 6.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- User site
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO SUPPORT A LAMP OR OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICE & TO CONNECT IT TO ELECTRICITY - Technical
-
THE EDISON OR SCREW SOCKET WAS INTRODUCED 1880/ IT HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF SEATING LAMP FIRMLY WITHOUT HAVING TO SNAP, PULL OR OTHERWISE JAR IT/ A NUMBER OF OTHER SOCKET STYLES WERE AVAILABLE AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, BUT EDISON STYLE HAD MAJORITY OF THE MARKET IN NORTH AMERICA, THOUGH IT NEVER WAS POPULAR IN BRITAIN - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED ON UPPER SIDE OF BASE '600V' '1500W'/ ON BOTTOM OF BASE '224'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GLAZED WHITE BODY WITH COPPER COLOURED PTS, CONSIDERABLE BLUE-GREEN CORROSION
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Receptacle, electric, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1725, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.1725.001/
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