Experimental Incandescent Lamp
Experimental Incandescent Lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- Experimental incandescent lamp, U.S. Patent # 247380. A ribbon radiator will glow but short-circuit before melting.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- incandescent lamp
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- Lighting Devices
- date made
- 1881
- associated person
- Maxim, Hiram S.
- maker
- Maxim, Hiram S.
- Measurements
- overall: 9 3/4 in x 5 3/8 in; 24.765 cm x 13.6525 cm
- ID Number
- EM.308595
- catalog number
- 308595
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 247380
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Energy & Power
- Electric Lamps
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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