Acetylene Generator
name: label: maker
content: C.M. Hall Lamp Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Acetylene is a simple hydrocarbon that was discovered in 1826 by the Irish chemist, Edmund Davy, and later named by the French chemist, Marcellin Berthellot. In time it would be widely used for heating and lighting purposes.
label: Description
content: This inscription on top of this acetylene gas generator reads "SOLAR / U.S.A. MODEL / 102-B” and “C. M. HALL LAMP CO. KENOSHA, WIS.” The C. M. Hall Lamp Co., of Detroit, was incorporated in 1909, for the manufacture of lamps for bicycles, motorcycles and motor cars, and accessories for electric and acetylene equipment. In 1917, it purchased the factory of the Badger Brass Manufacturing Co. in Kenosha.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from Coast and Geodetic Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315986
label: catalog number
content: 315986
label: accession number
content: 223100
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Acetylene Generator
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 6 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 36.83 cm x 21.59 cm