Two arc lamps for ultraviolet irradiation of small areas of skin

Made:: 1880-1910 in France

maker:: Unknown

Two arc lamps for ultraviolet irradiation of small areas of skin, with associated resistance coil, French, 1880-1910

Details

Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A602398

Materials:: stands, iron and fittings, brass

type:: arc lamps

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Parts

Arc lamp

Arc lamp, by C. Noe, France, 1880-1910, de Courcelles type

Measurements:: length 360 mm
width 500 mm
min: height 1100 mm
lens: diameter 10 mm

Materials:: frame, iron and fittings, brass

Object Number:: A602398 Pt1

type:: arc lamps

Lortet-Genoud arc lamp

Lortet-Genoud arc lamp, by A. Souel, France, 1880-1910

Measurements:: length 500 mm
width 360 mm
min: height 1300 mm
lens: diameter 10 mm
weight: 25.95kg

Materials:: stand, iron and fittings, brass

Object Number:: A602398 Pt2

type:: arc lamps

Wall mounted coil rheostat for use with arc lamps

Wall mounted coil rheostat for use with arc lamps, French, 1880-1910

Measurements:: length 505 mm
width 244 mm
height 190 mm

Materials:: frame, iron , fittings, brass , fittings, vulcanite and fittings, porcelain

Object Number:: A602398 Pt3

type:: rheostats

Rectangular panel

Rectangular panel, painted burgandy. Used with two arc lamps for ultraviolet irradiation of small areas of skin, with associated resistance coil, French, 1880-1910

Object Number:: A602398/4

type:: components

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Blue rectangular panel

Rectangular panel, painted blue. Used with two arc lamps for ultraviolet irradiation of small areas of skin, with associated resistance coil, French, 1880-1910

Object Number:: A602398/5

type:: components

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Blue rectangular panel

Rectangular panel, painted blue, chipped at one corner. Used with two arc lamps for ultraviolet irradiation of small areas of skin, with associated resistance coil, French, 1880-1910

Object Number:: A602398/6

type:: components

Blue rectangular panel with a note

Rectangular panel, painted blue. Used with two arc lamps for ultraviolet irradiation of small areas of skin, with associated resistance coil, French, 1880-1910. A handwritten attached reads "plaques de verre, de l’appareil, Lortet-Gaume, No 24"

Object Number:: A602398/7

type:: components

Metal cap with a round galss window

Metal cap with a round galss window in the middle. Used with two arc lamps for ultraviolet irradiation of small areas of skin, with associated resistance coil, French, 1880-1910