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Edison & the 19th
Century:
Object List
Listed below are the objects displayed in the 19th
century section of Lighting A Revolution.
Section 1: Preconditions
Catalog # |
Object Name |
Date |
Dimensions (inches) |
Source |
181,343 |
Henry "Yale" Magnet |
1831 |
78"H x 89"W x 15.5"D |
Yale University |
323,886 |
Voltaic Pile |
1805 |
21.25"H x 4.5"Dia |
Canisius College |
315,114 |
Cruickshank Trough Battery |
1801 |
3"H x 28.5"W x 2.5"D |
Joseph Priestly |
322,934 |
J. Frederik Daniell Cell |
1836 |
8"H x 14.25"W x 9.25"D |
Columbia University |
315,801 |
Grenet Cell |
1840 |
15.5"H x 6.5"Dia |
Middlebury College |
337,158 |
Georges Leclanche Cell |
1868 |
7.5"H x 4.5"W x 4.5"D |
William P. Rush |
252,644 |
Thomas Davenport Motor (Patent model) |
1837 |
15"H x 15"W x 10"D |
U.S. Patent Office |
318,743 |
Davis & Horn DC motor, Page-type |
ca 1838 |
7.5"H x 12.25"W x 5.75"D |
Colgate University |
180,034 |
model of Charles G. Page Motor |
1885 |
5"H x 11"W x 5"D |
B&O Railroad |
001,577 |
Gardiner Colton Motor |
1847 |
8"H x 12"W x 5"D |
A.J. Davis |
252,635 |
Moses Farmer Motor |
1856 |
6.5"H x 6.5"W x 8.5"D |
U.S. Patent Office |
308,567 |
Maurice Vergnes Motor (patent model) |
1860 |
9.25"H x 13.5"W x 6.25"D |
U.S. Patent Office |
327,899 |
Antonio Pancinotti Motor (reproduction) |
1861 |
10"H x 15.25"W x 9.25"D |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
252,658 |
Edward Weston Motor (patent model) |
1876 |
9.5"H x 10.75"W x 5.75"D |
U.S. Patent Office |
323,353 |
Hippolyte Pixii Generator |
1832 |
40.5"H x 19.75"W x 15"D |
University of Virginia |
326,309 |
Edward Clarke Generator |
1837 |
17"H x 7.75"W x 12.5"D |
University of Georgia |
181,550 |
Charles Page Generator |
1845 |
8.5"H x 15"W x 7.75"D |
* |
330,086 |
Brevete Magneto (Frederick Holmes type) |
1850s |
36.5"H x 31.5"W x 16.5"D |
from Union College |
1990.0531.01 |
Charles Wheatstone Dynamo |
1866 |
11.5"H x 13.5"W x 5.5"D |
King's College, London |
322,249 |
Zenobe Gramme Dynamo |
1874 |
14.5"H x 22.5"W x 9"D |
* |
252,659 |
Edward Weston Dynamo |
1878 |
11"H x 10.5"W x 5"D |
U.S. Patent Office |
319,413 |
Leopoldo Nobili Galvanometer |
1820s |
14"H x 7"W x 7"D |
* |
314,741 |
Leopoldo Nobili Galvanometer |
1830s |
11"H x 8"W x 8"D |
* |
326,132 |
Bourbouze Demonstration Galvanometer |
mid-1800s |
22.25"H x 16.25"W x 8"D |
Mount St. Mary's College |
315,113 |
Gauss Galvanometer |
mid-1800s |
34"H x 12.5"W x 10.5"D |
* |
314,473 |
Edward Weston Electrodynamometer |
mid-1800s |
9.5"H x 8"Dia. |
Weston Instrument Co. |
332,099 |
Western Electric Tangent Galvanometer |
mid-1800s |
8.5"H 7.5"W x 8"D |
Western Union |
322,995 |
Elliott Bros. Tangent Galvanometer |
mid-1800s |
16.5"H x 13.25"W x 10"D |
Wabash College |
181,739 |
Henry iron magnet core |
1827 |
4"H x 3"W x .5"D |
Mary Henry |
181,740 |
Henry iron magnet cores |
1827 |
3.25"H x 3.25W x .5D |
Mary Henry |
315,390 |
Henry iron magnet core |
1832 |
18"H x 11.5"W x 3"D |
Bowdoin College |
315,523 |
Electromagnet |
ca 1860 |
15"H x 7.5"W x 3.5"D |
* |
181,458 |
Henry iron magnet core |
1827 |
6.75"H x 4"W x 1"D |
Mary Henry |
323,887 |
Electromagnet demonstration |
mid-1800s |
23"H x 13"W x 9"D |
Canisius College |
309,254 |
Charles Page Induction Coil |
1868 |
7"H x 8.75"W x 4.75"D |
U.S. Patent Office |
325,969 |
Edward Ritchie Induction Coil |
1868 |
8"H x 16"W x 7.25"D |
Wofford College |
335,588 |
Telegraph Relay by Charles T. & J.N. Chester |
1850s |
3.5"H x 8.375"W x 5.375"D |
Janet Lewis |
327,945 |
Thomson-Houston Arc Lamp |
1870s |
32"H x 18W x 9D |
Museum of Science and Industry |
251,235 |
William Wallace Plate Arc Lamp |
1877 |
10.5H x 9"W x 5.25"D |
U.S. Patent Office |
308,584 |
William Sawyer Incandescent Lamp (patent model) |
1878 |
12"H x 4"Dia |
U.S. Patent Office |
320,900 |
William Wallace Plate Arc Lamp |
1877 |
13"H x 12.5"W x 3"D |
IBM, William J. Hammer Collection |
181,977 |
Moses Farmer Incandescent Lamp |
1878 |
9.5"H x 6"Dia |
Sarah Farmer |
251,230 |
Charles Brush Arc Lamp |
1870s |
49"H x 24"W x 12"D |
U.S. Patent Office |
252,655 |
Hiram Maxim Arc Lamp |
1878 |
23"H x 7.5"Dia |
U.S. Patent Office |
315,717 |
Jules Duboscq Arc Lamp |
1860 |
19"H x 9"W x 9"D |
U.S. Military Academy |
252,646 |
Paul Jablochkoff "Candle" |
1877 |
12.5"H x 6"Dia |
US Patent Office |
181,644 |
William Wallace Dynamo |
1877 |
22.5"H x 21"W x 25.5"D |
Coe Brass Manufacturing Company |
181,717 |
Thomson-Houston Dynamo |
1879 |
26"H x 38"W x 39"D |
General Electric Company |
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Section 2: Invention
Catalog # |
Object Name |
Date |
Dimensions |
Source |
310,582 |
Edison Bust by
J. Beer, Jr., for the Phrenological Society of America |
1878 |
H X W X D |
Frank Wardlow, Jr. and Frank
Wardlow |
* |
Caveat, "Acoustic Transfer Telegraph" |
10 July 1876 |
* |
* |
* |
U.S. Patent #266,022 to Thomas
Edison |
1882 |
* |
* |
* |
U.S. Patent #208,013 to Thomas
Edison |
1878 |
* |
* |
* |
U.S. Patent #272,034 to Thomas
Edison |
1883 |
* |
* |
* |
Assignment, Edison to Samuel
Mills |
23 April 1877 |
* |
* |
* |
Document, "Case 118, Acoustic
Telegraph" |
16 May 1876 |
* |
* |
* |
Preliminary Statement, "Case
118, Acoustic Telegraph" |
17 August 1876 |
* |
* |
* |
Admission of Priority, Interference
case between Edison and Elisha Gray |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Caveat #79, Acoustic Telegraph |
10 July 1876 |
* |
* |
* |
Assignment, Jay Gould to Atlantic
& Pacific Telegraph Co. |
19 July 1875 |
* |
* |
252,622 |
Carbon-resistance telephone transmitter
(patent model) |
1878 |
H X W X D |
U.S. Patent Office |
318,576 |
Improved Phonograph |
1878 |
H X W X D |
Princeton University |
* |
Notebook open
to "Test Table" drawing |
1880 |
* |
* |
* |
"Notebook #3,
Miscellaneous, Notes, Figures, &c" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Notebook open
to page 188 - 189, "At E.M. Co." |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Notebook open
to "Coutinuous Alternate Current Dynamo Machines" |
1882 |
* |
* |
* |
Notebook open
to page 30 -31, drawing of Johnson bevel-ring lamp |
6 July 1881 |
* |
* |
* |
Vacuum pump drawing |
8 July 1880 |
* |
* |
262,377 |
Assortment of
experimental filament coatings |
1879 |
H X W X D |
Mrs. George F. Barker |
320,526 |
Assortment of
experimental filaments |
about 1885 |
H X W X D |
IBM, William Hammer collection |
* |
Bristol-board
filaments (2) |
1880 |
H X W X D |
U.S. Park Service |
320,509 |
Bamboo filaments
in a bundle |
1880 |
H X W X D |
IBM, William Hammer collection |
314,259 |
Bamboo plane |
about 1881 |
H X W X D |
Vannevar Bush |
* |
Glassblower's
caliper |
1880 |
H X W X D |
Corning Glass Works |
* |
Glassblower's
paddy |
1880 |
H X W X D |
Corning Glass Works |
310,578.01 |
New Years Eve
Lamp |
1879 |
H X W X D |
Frank Wardlow, Jr. and Frank
Wardlow |
181,798 |
Wooden mogul-screw
based Lamp, 16cp. |
1880 |
H X W X D |
General Electric Co. |
180,932.02 |
Wooden mogul-screw
base socket |
1880 |
2L x 2.75DIA. |
J. E. Hinds |
318,629 |
Wooden mogul-screw
based Lamp, 8cp. |
1880 |
H X W X D |
Princeton University |
181,799 |
Wooden Johnson
bevel-ring lamp |
1881 |
H X W X D |
General Electric Co. |
180,934.02 |
Plaster Johnson
bevel-ring lamp |
1881 |
H X W X D |
J. E. Hinds |
180,934.05 |
J. E. Hinds |
1881 |
H X W X D |
IBM, William Hammer Collection |
318,664 |
Plaster collared
lamp |
1881 |
H X W X D |
Princeton University |
318,677 |
Medium-screw
base with plaster insulator lamp |
1884 |
H X W X D |
Princeton University |
na |
Edison notebook pages (reproductions) |
August 1879 |
* |
Edison National Historic Site |
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Section 3: Promotion
Catalog # |
Object Name |
Date |
Dimensions |
Source |
160,081 |
Painting of SS Columbia |
* |
H X W X D |
John Roach and Son |
318,717 |
Knife Switch |
1880s |
5H x 14W x 5.5D |
Princeton University |
262,476 |
Edison Chemical
Meter |
about 1882 |
15H x 13.5W x 5.5 or 17D |
The Easton Gas & Electric
Co. |
331,146 |
Edison Ammeter |
1880s |
12.75H x 9.5W x 4.5D |
Western Union |
337,118 |
Edison fan motor |
1880s |
10H x 7W x 8.5D |
James M. & Reathie L. McKee |
314,919 |
Edison cable
sample |
about 1885 |
23.5H x 2DIA |
Consolidated Edison Co., New
York |
314,917 |
Edison junction
box |
about 1885 |
13H x 36W x 10D |
Consolidated Edison Co., New
York |
318,726 |
Wooden Knife
Switch |
* |
11H x 12W x 5D |
Princeton University |
318,719 |
Wooden Knife
Switch |
* |
7H x 9.5W x 2D |
Princeton University |
318,718 |
Wooden Knife
Switch |
* |
7H x 11.5W x 2.5D |
Princeton University |
328,092 |
Resistance Bridge |
1880s |
4H x 6.5DIA |
George C. Maynard |
273,182 |
Rotary Switch |
1880s |
4H x 4W x 4D |
Charles H. Newton |
181,754 |
Bergmann Rotary
Switch & Cover |
1887 |
4.5H x 5DIA |
George C. Maynard |
309,605 |
Model of Pearl Street Station |
1928 |
H X W X D |
The New York Edison Co. |
180,944 |
Dynamo switch |
1881 |
6H x 10W x 2D |
Hinds, Ketchum Co. |
180,942 |
Dynamo switch |
1881 |
4.5H x 5.5W x 2.5D |
Hinds, Ketchum Co. |
180,943 |
Fuse |
1881 |
4H x 5W x 1.5D |
Hinds, Ketchum Co. |
180,946 |
Fuse |
1881 |
10H x 7W x 5.5D |
Hinds, Ketchum Co. |
180,934.03 |
Plaster Johnson
Bevel-ring lamp |
1881 |
5.25H x 2.25DIA |
Hinds, Ketchum Co. |
180,940.01 |
Johnson Bevel-ring
socket and fixture |
1881 |
20H x 2DIA |
Hinds, Ketchum Co. |
180,940.02 |
Mogul Screw-base
socket and fixture |
1881 |
18H x 2.5W x 3.5D |
Hinds, Ketchum Co. |
180,941 |
Resistance coil |
1881 |
14.75H x 6.5W x 7D |
Hinds, Ketchum Co. |
180,939 |
Johnson Bevel-ring
printer's luminaire |
1881 |
24H x 5W x 15D |
Hinds, Ketchum Co. |
* |
Luminaire with
two medium screw-base sockets |
about 1890 |
11H x 14W x 11D |
National Park Service |
10,175 |
Combination gas
/ electric luminaire |
about 1890 |
10H x 11W x 10D |
National Park Service |
2003.0139.01 & .02 |
Two converted
gas luminaires with lamps |
about 1890 |
11.5H x 12.5W x 8D |
Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent
Lighting |
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Section 4: Competition
Catalog # |
Object Name |
Date |
Dimensions |
Source |
327,831 |
Sawyer-Man lamp |
1885 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
323,557 |
Swan lamp |
1881 |
H x Dia. |
* |
181,804 |
Edison lamp |
1886 |
H x Dia. |
General Electric Co. |
327,785 |
Edison lamp |
1888 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
1997.0388.80 |
Westinghouse "Stopper" lamp |
about 1894 |
6.75 L x 3 DIA |
from General Electric Lighting Co. |
1997.0388.79 |
Thomson-Houston Decorative lamp |
about 1890 |
5.5 L x 2.75 DIA |
from General Electric Co. |
327,839 |
Sterling carbon lamp |
about 1900 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
327,830 |
Fostoria carbon lamp |
about 1900 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
318,641 |
Brush-Swan carbon lamp |
about 1885 |
H x Dia. |
Princeton University |
181,980.03 |
Maxim carbon lamp |
1881 |
H x Dia. |
Sarah J. Farmer |
318,666 |
New Type Edison lamp |
about 1890 |
H x Dia. |
Princeton University |
311,930 |
Westinghouse carbon lamp |
about 1890 |
H x Dia. |
Newark College of Engineering |
318,674 |
Vitrite-Luminoid carbon lamp |
1890 |
H x Dia. |
Princeton University |
320,675 |
Columbia "USONA" carbon lamp |
about 1905 |
H x Dia. |
* |
327,856 |
United Electric Improvement Co. carbon lamp |
about 1894 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
318,749.01 |
Columbia carbon lamp |
about 1890 |
5.75 L x 2.75 DIA |
Colgate University, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy |
230,836 |
Phelps twist-style Hy-Lo carbon lamp |
about 1895 |
H x Dia. |
General Electric Co. |
325,794 |
Perkins carbon lamp |
about 1890 |
H x Dia. |
Thompson Equipment Company |
335,363 |
Peerless carbon lamp |
about 1890 |
H x Dia. |
Robert F. Hoke |
318,634 |
Weston carbon lamp |
about 1887 |
H x Dia. |
Princeton University |
311,929 |
Maxim carbon lamp |
about 1881 |
H x Dia. |
INewark College of Engineering |
327,811 |
Ediswan carbon lamp |
about 1885 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
323,559 |
Elblight carbon lamp |
about 1890 |
H x Dia. |
* |
318,642 |
Weston carbon lamp |
1882 |
H x Dia. |
Princeton University |
327,799 |
Imperial Bryan-Marsh carbon lamp |
about 1900 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
327,853 |
Sunbeam carbon lamp |
1900 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
327,829 |
United Electric Improvement Co. lamp |
about 1894 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
318,607 |
Shelby carbon lamp |
about 1905 |
H x Dia. |
Princeton University |
314,289.16 |
Knowles carbon lamp |
about 1895 |
H x Dia. |
C. Locklin |
314,289.17 |
Pond carbon lamp |
about 1895 |
H x Dia. |
C. Locklin |
314,289.18 |
K&W carbon lamp |
about 1895 |
H x Dia. |
C. Locklin |
327,840 |
McNutt carbon lamp |
about 1895 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
327,796 |
Capital carbon lamp |
about 1900 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
327,800 |
Independent carbon lamp |
about 1895 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
327,792 |
Buckeye carbon lamp |
about 1895 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
320,761 |
Ediswan socket |
about 1890 |
H x Dia. |
IBM, William Hammer collection |
327,857 |
United Electric Improvement Co. socket |
about 1894 |
H x Dia. |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
320,763.02 |
Swan socket |
about 1881 |
H x Dia. |
IBM, William Hammer collection |
320,748.02 |
Insulite Thompson-Houston socket |
about 1895 |
H x Dia. |
IBM, William Hammer collection |
320,746 |
Westinghouse socket |
about 1899 |
H x Dia. |
IBM, William Hammer collection |
214,331 |
Nernst lamp with Westinghouse plug |
1902 |
H x Dia. |
Nernst Lamp Company |
* |
Book by Latimer: "Incandescent Electric Lighting" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
C.S. 825 - "The Edison Electric Light" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
C.S. 825 - "The Edison System of Incandescent Lighting" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Booklet: "Westinghouse Co. Infringements of the Edison Patents" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
List of Edison "Z" dynamos" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Columbia College, lit by Edison Co. |
1884 |
* |
* |
* |
Booklet: "The United Electric Light & Power Co." |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Booklet by Sprague: "Electric Lighting; Its State and Progress, 1878" |
1878 |
* |
* |
* |
Booklet: "A Warning from the Edison Electric Light Co." |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Booklet: "Street Lighting by the Edison Municipal System" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Book by Johnson: "Safeguards Against Fire" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog with colored drawing on cover: "The Edison Electric Light" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Book by Levey: "Electric Light Primer" |
about 1890 |
* |
* |
* |
"Financial & Commercial Success of Electric Lighting" |
1885 |
* |
* |
* |
U.S. Circuit Court: "The Edison Incandescent Lamp Case" |
1891 |
* |
* |
* |
Book: "The Edison Electric System: Light and Power" (2nd Edition) |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "The Columbia Incandescent Lamp Co." |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "The Nernst Lamp" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Book: "Electric Lighting" (open to pages 18 & 19) |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "Sawyer-Man Electric Co." |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "Brush-Swan System" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "Das Edison-Licht" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "La Lumiere Edison" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "The Mather System" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "Stanley Transformer" (open to illustration on page 15)" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "Facts About the Sprague Electric Stationary Motor" |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Picture: Factory of the U.S. Electric Lighting Co., Newark, N.J. |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "Adams-Bagnall Electric," Cleveland |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "Sprague Motor Operating Elevator" (open to illustration on page 9) |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "Brush Electric Co.," Cleveland |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Catalog: "Schuyler Electric Light Co." |
* |
* |
* |
318,351 |
Thomson voltmeter |
about 1891 |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
322,811 |
National Electric ammeter |
* |
H x W X D |
State University of NY, Buffalo |
318,376 |
Slattery ammeter |
* |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
313,670 |
Edison "Kennelly" ammeter |
* |
H x W X D |
Weston Electrical Instrument Corp. |
317,692 |
Hartmann & Braun ammeter |
* |
H x W X D |
Iowa State University |
319,238 |
Weston ammeter |
about 1890 |
H x W X D |
Daystrom Inc. |
219,027 |
Thomson-Houston voltmeter |
about 1890 |
H x W X D |
Potomac Electric Power Co. |
318,356 |
Thomson-Rice ammeter |
* |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
1979.0299.47 |
GE Thomson voltmeter |
about 1903 |
H x W X D |
American Museum of Electricity |
314,968 |
Norton voltmeter |
* |
H x W X D |
E. P. Custis |
318,320 |
Westinghouse ammeter |
* |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
319,443 |
Gardiner electro magnetic meter |
* |
H x W X D |
Mrs. Donald Bliss |
314,411 |
Stanley phase-indicator ammeter |
* |
H x W X D |
Weston Electrical Instrument Corp. |
313,286 |
Edison General Electric ammeter |
1890 |
H x W X D |
Weston Electrical Instrument Corp. |
314,459 |
Stanley static ground detector |
about 1896 |
H x W X D |
Weston Electrical Instrument Corp. |
318,350 |
Ft. Wayne "Wood" Ammeter |
about 1890 |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
326,483 |
Ft. Wayne "Wood" Meter |
about 1895 |
H x W X D |
General Electric Co. |
326,921 |
Biddle wattmeter |
about 1895 |
H x W X D |
Trinity College |
336,453 |
Weston voltmeter |
about 1900 |
H x W X D |
Donald Hoke |
1998.0112.01 |
Ft. Wayne "Wood" Voltmeter for AC |
about 1890 |
4 D x 11.5 DIA |
Vincent King |
80538U17 |
Western Electric voltmeter |
* |
H x W X D |
National Park Service |
318,301 |
Thomson Wattmeter |
about 1887 |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
1979.0299.37 |
Western Electric ammeter |
* |
H x W X D |
American Museum of Electricity |
* |
Interactive display with transformer, meters, and lamps |
* |
* |
* |
311,853 |
Gaulard & Gibbs transformer |
1883 |
H x W X D |
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co. |
322,808 |
Stanley transformer (reproduction) |
1886 |
H x W X D |
* |
327,571 |
Ferranti transformer |
* |
H x W X D |
Sabastian de Ferranti |
318,553 |
Westinghouse transformer |
1887 |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
1979.0299.28 |
Thomson watt-hour meter |
1890s |
H x W X D |
American Museum of Electricity |
1979.0299.67 |
Sangamo DC watt-hour meter |
1890s |
H x W X D |
American Museum of Electricity |
322,183 |
Westinghouse wattmeter |
about 1894 |
H x W X D |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1979.0299.29 |
Westinghouse wattmeter |
about 1889 |
H x W X D |
American Museum of Electricity |
318,349? |
Western Electric Watthour meter |
1910s |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
1979.0299.41 |
Stanley wattmeter |
1890s |
H x W X D |
American Museum of Electricity |
327,573 |
Ferranti generator |
1883 |
H x W X D |
Sabastian de Ferranti |
315,075 |
Brush generator |
1884 |
H x W X D |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
181,720 |
Thomson-Houston generator |
1885 |
17"H x 26.5"W x 31"D |
General Electric Co. |
319,260 |
Edison 6kw motor |
about 1883 |
H x W X D |
Brown University |
311,854 |
Tesla AC motor |
1888 |
H x W X D |
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co. |
313,044 |
C&C sewing machine motor |
1886 |
H x W X D |
Crocker - Wheeler Electric Manufacturing Co. |
320,572 |
Edison Z-type generator, rated at 60 lamps (52 amps at 110 volts) |
about 1888 |
H x W X D |
University of Minnesota |
305,262 |
Edison Voltmeter |
1880s |
H x W X D |
Roller-Smith Company |
318,332? |
Edison Voltmeter |
1880s |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
318,707 |
Edison porcelain junction-box |
1880s |
4H x 7W x 4D |
Princeton University |
314,474 |
Edison Bergmann ammeter |
1880s |
H x W X D |
Weston Electrical Instrument Company |
79672R03 |
circuit breaker |
1880s |
H x W X D |
* |
79672R06 |
circuit breaker |
1880s |
H x W X D |
* |
79672R07 |
single-throw, double-pole switch |
1880s |
H x W X D |
* |
205,604? |
Rheostat (Edison Type) |
1880s |
H x W X D |
* |
318,252 |
Westinghouse single-phase generator (220 volts, 40 amps) |
about 1888 |
H x W X D |
Cornell University |
322,556 |
Exciter generator |
1880s |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
313,277 |
Westinghouse Voltmeter |
1890s |
17H x 10W x 5D |
Princeton University |
325,383 |
Westinghouse Voltmeter |
1890s |
17H x 10W x 5D |
Drexel University |
318,702.01 |
Fuse (Westinghouse System) |
1890s |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
318,702.02 |
Fuse (Westinghouse System) |
1880s |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
79672R16 |
single-throw, single-pole switch |
1890s |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
79672R17 |
single-throw, single-pole switch |
1890s |
H x W X D |
Princeton University |
313,283 |
Westinghouse Ammeter |
1880s |
15H x 11W x 5D |
Weston Corporation |
79672R19 |
Wirt patent rheostat |
1890s |
H x W X D |
* |
79672R18 |
double-throw, double-pole switch |
1890s |
H x W X D |
* |
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Section 5: Consequences
Catalog # |
Object Name |
Date |
Dimensions |
Source |
322,844 |
Westinghouse dynamo nameplate |
1897 |
H x W X D |
Niagara - Mohawk Power Co. |
prop |
Power Station generator model |
1978 |
H x W X D |
NMAH Construction |
315,850 |
Power Station turbine model |
1892 |
H x W X D |
Niagara - Mohawk Power Co. |
320,523 |
cable section |
1895 |
H x W X D |
IBM [Hammer collection] |
318,344 |
porcelain insulator |
1895 |
H x W X D |
* |
81592U03 |
Carborundum sample |
* |
H x W X D |
Mrs. Edward Acheson |
* |
Carborundum sample-wheel on card |
* |
H x W X D |
* |
51690.01 |
Aluminum sample - face |
* |
H x W X D |
Pittsburgh Reduction Co. |
51690.02 |
Aluminum sample - owl |
* |
H x W X D |
Pittsburgh Reduction Co. |
51629 |
Aluminum sample - ingot |
* |
H x W X D |
Pittsburgh Reduction Co. |
51679 |
Aluminum sample - "faucet handles" |
* |
H x W X D |
Pittsburgh Reduction Co. |
51688 |
Aluminum sample - sheet |
* |
H x W X D |
Pittsburgh Reduction Co. |
* |
Booklet: "The Wonders of Niagara" |
* |
* |
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, NMAH |
* |
Ink-blotter and advertisement: "Triscuit" |
* |
* |
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, NMAH |
* |
Two ink-blotters and advertisement: "Shredded Wheat" |
* |
* |
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, NMAH |
330,999 |
General Electric Heater |
about 1893 |
18H x 18W x 8D |
Phillip Klien |
330,997 |
Hoover vacuum cleaner |
1908 |
H x W X D |
The Hoover Company |
330,712 |
American Electrical Heater tea kettle |
1904 |
H x W X D |
Lawrence R. Friel |
1991.0410.02 |
Spot Reducer massager |
* |
3.5 L x 3.5 W x 6 H |
Bernard S. Finn |
333,893 |
Egg-stirrer |
* |
10 H x 6 DIA x |
Alfred T. Giller |
330,718 |
Manning Bowman cigar lighter |
1911 |
H x W X D |
Mrs. Walter Lindquist |
1990.3115.01 |
Cigar lighter figurene |
* |
7 L x 2.25 W x 4.5 H |
Bernard S. Finn |
330,714 |
Shaving mug |
1914 |
H x W X D |
LeRoy Halsey |
330,721 |
Daniel Woodhead glue pot |
* |
H x W X D |
Thomas J. Kliminiski |
314,346 |
Appliance wattmeter |
* |
H x W X D |
Weston Electrical Instrument Co. |
1989.0643.02 |
Weller soldering-iron prototype |
1941 |
H x W X D |
Carl Weller |
330,665 |
GE Hotpoint heating pad |
* |
H x W X D |
General Electric Co. |
1990.0401.01 |
Kimco electric socks |
* |
9 L x 6.5 W x 4 H |
Bernard S. Finn |
330,770 |
Simplex waffle iron |
about 1910 |
H x W X D |
Mrs. Ted Bussman |
1979.1044.02 |
Universal kitchen set |
1926 |
13 L x 9.5 W x 9 H |
Marabeth S. Finn |
329,791 |
Iron |
1906 |
H x W X D |
* |
330,776 |
Marshmallow toaster |
about 1909 |
H x W X D |
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Hunter |
1991.0410.03 |
Kenmore hair-dryer |
about 1949 |
7.5 L x 4 W x 9 H |
Bernard S. Finn |
330,647 |
Curtis & Crocker fan |
1886 |
H x W X D |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
330,673 |
General Electric fan |
about 1892 |
H x W X D |
General Electric Company |
328,749 |
Edison Electric fan |
1880s |
H x W X D |
Dept. of Physics, Amherst College |
1997.0387.25 and .26 |
Hunter ceiling fans (2) |
about 1897 |
H x W X D |
Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting |
1979.1044.01 |
Lyhne Desk Lamp |
about 1911 |
H x W X D |
Marabeth S. Finn |
70.0037 |
"Solar" lamp converted to electricity (with small shade) |
about 1920 |
13 H x 7 DIA |
Clara B. Blackmar |
65.0180 |
Kerosene lamp converted to electricity (with bird shade) |
about 1920 |
21.5 H x 11 DIA |
Mrs. Fielding Pope Meigs |
2003.0139.05 |
1840s gas lighting fixture converted to electricity around 1895 |
about 1895 |
H x W X D |
Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting |
2003.0139.03 & .04 |
Combination electric and gas lighting fixtures |
about 1895 |
H x W X D |
Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting |
1981.0595.02 |
Wall-mounted sconce |
about 1920 |
15 H x 7 W x 4.5 D |
* |
1991.0837.01 |
"Watchdog Nite-Lite" |
about 1950 |
6 L x 6.25 H x 3.5 W |
* |
1995.0340.01 |
Sign from U. S. Patent Office |
* |
18 L x 9 W x 2.5 H |
Robert C. Reed |
1992.0284.02 |
Rambusch church wall-fixture |
* |
18 L x 16.5 W x 4 H |
Rambusch |
1992.0284.01 |
Rambusch church wall-fixture |
about 1908 |
14.5 L x 11 W x 1/16 [1] H |
Rambusch |
1990.0136.02 |
Table lamp with Emeralite shade |
1907 |
20 H x 12 DIA |
* |
* |
Flashlights |
about 1940 |
H x W X D |
Eveready Battery Co. |
1994.0219.01 |
Ever Ready Flashlight Cane |
about 1910 |
H x W X D |
Lawrence N. Ravick |
350,649 |
Electric Table lamp |
about 1910 |
14 H x 5 W x |
Miss M.H. Avery |
x-93-1 |
Photographic pendant lamp |
about 1899 |
16 H x 16 DIA |
(prop) |
1992.0284.03 |
Rambusch ceiling fixture |
about 1939 |
27 L x 27 DIA |
Rambusch |
329,287 |
General Electric model D-12 toaster |
1910s |
H x W X D |
* |
334,586 |
Universal model E945 toaster |
about 1920 |
7.5 L x 4.25 W x 9.5 H |
Edmond Chenette |
1991.0001.01 |
Universal / LFC model E9410 toaster |
about 1928 |
14cm D x 21.5 W x 22 H |
gift of Richard J. & Fannie V. Beall |
1992.0338.19 |
Waters-Genter model 1A1 toaster |
about 1926 |
12cm D x 26 W x 19 H |
Gift of Joyce Barth & Florence E. Scuderi from the Belford Giberson Collection |
1992.0338.28 |
Universal / LFC model E7212F toaster |
about 1930 |
7.5 L x 5 W x 8 H |
Gift of Joyce Barth & Florence E. Scuderi from the Belford Giberson Collection |
336,530 |
Sunbeam model B toaster |
about 1925 |
12 L x 7 W x 5 H |
from Mr. & Mrs. Harry Failing |
1992.0338.02 |
Estate Electric model 77 toaster |
about 1925 |
7.5 L x 7.5 W x 7 H |
Gift of Joyce Barth & Florence E. Scuderi from the Belford Giberson Collection |
1988.0227.1A |
Toast-O-Lator model J toaster |
about 1940 |
30cm L x 11.5 W x 24.5 H |
* |
8010 |
T.A. Edison "Edicraft" toaster |
about 1929 |
12 L x 6.5 W x 8 H |
from the National Park Service |
1987.0368.01 |
Toastmaster model 1A5 toaster |
about 1950 |
10 L x 4.5 W x 7 H |
Bernard S. Finn |
1992.0338.04 |
Universal / LFC model E7222 toaster |
about 1925 |
13cm D x 21.2 W x 20 H |
Gift of Joyce Barth & Florence E. Scuderi from the Belford Giberson Collection |
MN7891-A |
Electric coal-cutter |
* |
H x W X D |
Jeffrey Manufacturing Co |
1980.0405.01 |
AC control board |
* |
H x W X D |
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. |
1980.0405.04 |
Group switch and circuit breakers |
* |
H x W X D |
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. |
1980.0405.03 |
DC feeder selector switch assembly |
* |
H x W X D |
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. |
1998.0162.01 |
Elevator |
1902 |
H x W X D |
Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts & Design |
321,385 |
Westinghouse street-car controller |
1910 |
* |
Robert M. Vogel |
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