Optical Test Lamp

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Description (Brief):

Incandescent optical testing lamp. A glass tube is mounted perpendicular to the lamp axis at the light-center point.

Date Made: ca 1918

Associated User: unknown

Location: Currently not on view

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

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Credit Line: from Rutgers University, thru Peter Lindenfeld

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.327618Catalog Number: 327618Accession Number: 268279

Object Name: incandescent lampOther Terms: Lighting Devices

Measurements: overall: 7 3/4 in x 8 in x 2 7/8 in; 19.685 cm x 20.32 cm x 7.3025 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-4e47-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_713136

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