Mercury Vapor Lamp

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Description (Brief):

Type S-4 mercury vapor sunlamp with glass that transmitted both visible light and ultraviolet rays for use in tanning.

Date Made: ca 1940

Maker: General Electric Company

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Work and Industry: Electricity, Energy & Power, Electric Lamps

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: from the Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting, thru Hugh F. Hicks

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1997.0387.04Accession Number: 1997.0387Catalog Number: 1997.0387.04

Object Name: discharge lamp

Measurements: overall: 5 in x 2 5/8 in; 12.7 cm x 6.6675 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-ad51-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_751230

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