bkristof Posted 14 September , 2006 Share Posted 14 September , 2006 What is it? How was it used? Any reference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 14 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 14 September , 2006 It has some optical stuff in it, I think: a lightbulb + mirror + a window on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 14 September , 2006 Share Posted 14 September , 2006 Kristof, Can't read the name on the maker's plate: "Christopher ...?..." — what does it say? Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 14 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 14 September , 2006 Christopher Collins Ltd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Poilu Posted 14 September , 2006 Share Posted 14 September , 2006 Looks like some form of signalling lamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltoro1960 Posted 14 September , 2006 Share Posted 14 September , 2006 Christopher Collins Ltd had a factory located at Black Heath in Birmingham during WW1 and I believe they made Lamps of all descriptions and 'Magic Lanterns' , this would appear to be some kind of signalling lamp though given the sighting tube on top. There is an article in the Black Country Bugle dated 7th September,2006 but unfortunately you have to pay to view the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 14 September , 2006 Share Posted 14 September , 2006 This link from a local paper relates to an article about Christopher Collins Ltd's factory at Hurst Green, Birmingham, but unfortunately the article itself isn't accessible - they want you to buy the edition in which it appears. http://www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk/detail....ticleID=6781939 A google search also turns up a couple of refs in auctioneers' catalogues to lamps/lanterns made by Christopher Collins Ltd between 1900 and 1914. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th Hauraki KIA KAHA Posted 14 September , 2006 Share Posted 14 September , 2006 Hi Nice find I am green with envy was it found in the ground? It is the Lamp Field Electric Signals MK1 It is upside down in your picture, the screw thread fits onto the heliograph stand. Is the the removable reading lamp still in the back. Also is the morse key removable still in the inside on the top? I will post a drawing of the lamp for you if you want. It is the early version of the well known, Daylight Signalling lamp or lucas lamp. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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