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OBJECT TYPE: screw
DATE: 1921
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2692.001

MANUFACTURER: Bryant
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: 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: brass shell/ copper/ bakelite/ cardboard

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: 7.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 7.1 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: User site
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Bryant
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1920s
Canada: An example of a socket of a type used in Canada. Part of a large & varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired & documented by Ontario Hydro in the 1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest & most comprehensive of its kind in Canada & was donated to the National Museum of Science & Technology in 1992.
Function: An electrical wiring device used to support & connect to electricity a lamp or other electrical device
Technical: An example of an American made socket with a shade holder. The glassware for lighting fixtures was copied from gas fixtures. Simple brass shade holders were available beginning in the beginning in the 1880s to be clamped to sockets or screw receptacles. Edison had the idea for a light socket while screwing the cap on a kerosene can. It has the advantage of firmly seating the bulb without having to snap, pull or otherwise jar the lamp and its delicate filament [Refs. 2 & 3]..
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: incised lettering on socket reads "BRYANT/ 660 W. 250 V./ MADE IN U.S.A."/ incised lettering on shade holder reads "HUBBELL" and "PAT.DEC.24.12"
Missing: appears complete
Finish: gold coloured metal
Decoration: N/A

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Bryant, Socket, circa 1921, Artifact no. 1992.2692, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.2692.001/

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