Tungsten Filament Lamp

Description (Brief):

A coiled-tungsten filament 100 watt lamp with a blue glass pear-shaped envelope. Known as a “daylight blue” lamp.

Date Made: ca 1918

Maker: General Electric Company

Location: Currently not on view

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

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Credit Line: from General Electric Company, Edison Lamp Works

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.307553Catalog Number: 307553Accession Number: 68492

Object Name: incandescent lampOther Terms: Lighting Devices; Edison; Coiled; Carbon

Measurements: overall: 18 cm x 7 cm; 7 3/32 in x 2 3/4 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-3210-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_704644

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