Lamp, oil
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- OBJECT TYPE
- KEROSENE/CENTRAL DRAFT/TABLE
- DATE
- 1901
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1789.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bradley & Hubbard
- 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
- NON-FERROUS METAL, APPEAR TO BE SOME REMAINS OF FIBRE WICK
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
- Bradley Hubbard
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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TO PROVIDE LIGHT - Technical
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THIS TYPE OF BURNER, INVENTED C.1883, USED A CENTRAL TUBE TO PROVIDE A DRAFT FOR THE FLAME & A DEFLECTOR WHICH CONSISTED OF ANOTHER TUBE, CLOSED & PERFORATED AT TOP & MOUNTED WITHIN CENTRE-DRAFT TUBE SO THAT SOME AIR PASSED BETWEEN TUBES TO BASE OF FLAME & SOME SPRAYED OUT PERFORATIONS ONTO UPPER PT OF FLAME - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON TOP OF BURNER 'PATENTED DEC. 31, 1898/ THE/ B & H/ LAMP/ JUNE 2, 1898.'/ ON FOUNT 'PATD. APR. 7, 18[9]1, FEB. 28, 18[93].', 'B. & H.', 'NO. 96'/ ON FOUNT CAP 'B & H.'/ ON FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR 'PAT'D/ APR. 16, 1901' & 'EMPTY/ FULL'
- Missing
- CHIMNEY & POSSIBLY GLOBE
- Finish
- APPEARS UNFINISHED, SILVER COLOUR, BASE SHOWS SOME GOLDEN BROWN DISCOLOURATION, BURNER PTS APPEARBROWN OR BLACKENED, SOME SILVERTONE AREAS
- Decoration
- FONT HAS RAISED DECORATION AROUND LOWER HALF & PT OF UPPER SECTION - BACKGROUND PATTERN OF SERIES OF SMALL DIAMONDS, SCROLLS & STYLIZED LEAF DESIGNS OVER TOP
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Bradley & Hubbard, Lamp, oil, after 1901, Artifact no. 1992.1789, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.1789.001/
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