Hefner Lamp
Hefner Lamp
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- Description
- The Hefner lamp (in German Hefnerkerze) burns amyl acetate. The form was invented by Friedrich von Hefner-Alteneck in 1884, and soon became the German standard for photometric purposes. This example has a “Siemens & Halske / Berlin / No. 272182” inscription.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Hefner Lamp
- designed by
- Hefner-Alteneck, Friedrich Franz von
- maker
- Siemens & Halske
- place made
- Germany: Berlin
- Measurements
- lamp: 2 3/4 in; x 6.985 cm
- overall in box: 3 3/4 in x 4 in x 7 7/8 in; 9.525 cm x 10.16 cm x 20.0025 cm
- ID Number
- CH.318261
- catalog number
- 318261
- accession number
- 231262
- Credit Line
- Gift of Cornell University
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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