Thomson-Houston carbon filament lamp
Thomson-Houston carbon filament lamp
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Light Bulb
- incandescent lamp
- Other Terms
- Light Bulb; Lighting Devices; Thompson-Houston; Single Loop; Carbon
- date made
- ca 1885
- maker
- Thomson-Houston Electric Company
- Measurements
- light bulb: 5 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 13.6525 cm x 6.35 cm
- ID Number
- EM.318693
- catalog number
- 318693
- accession number
- 232729
- Credit Line
- from Princeton University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, thru Dean Howard Menand
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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