Accession No

3298

Brief Description

lamp, 2nd half 20th C

Origin

Maker

Class

electrical; optical

Earliest Date

1950

Latest Date

1980

Inscription Date

Material

metal (cast iron, brass, steel); plastic; rubber; glass

Dimensions

height 400mm; base diameter 148mm; depth 195mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 11/1985.

Inscription

Description Notes

Cast iron base with steel vertical rod supporting brass lamp on adjustable mounting (mount allows movement along rod and also for adjustment of angle of lamp). The lamp is covered at both ends and has a side tube for the emission of light, with a lens set in push-fit brass mount; metal index line set across centre of lens.
Flex and three-pin (round pins) plug. Bulb socket with bayonet fitting. Push-fit top cover with ventilation cover.

Condition good (no bulb); complete.

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