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Control or Power Distribution Unit for Pointolite Arc Lamp, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 10132


Subject
Lamps
Item type
Object
Makers
Ediswan
Provenance
?Royal Microscopal Society (as with 67571)
Primary inscriptions
EDISWAN POINTOLITE RESISTANCE
Physical material
Iron
Metal
Object type
Lamp
Inventory No
10132

Description

Distribution/control unit for Pointolite arc lamp, in the form of a black iron grille box that contains a starting device called an ioniser, which supplies direct current to the lamps.