Carbon Filament Lamp
Carbon Filament Lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- An early commercial Edison lamp. The bamboo filament is attached to the lead wires with copper-plated connectors.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- incandescent lamp
- Other Terms
- Lighting Devices; Edison; Horseshoe; Carbon
- date made
- ca 1884
- inventor
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- maker
- Edison Lamp Company
- Measurements
- overall: 15 cm x 6 cm; 5 29/32 in x 2 3/8 in
- ID Number
- EM.318648
- catalog number
- 318648
- accession number
- 232729
- Credit Line
- from Princeton University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, thru Dean Howard Menand
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Energy & Power
- Electric Lamps
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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