Mercury Vapor Lamp with Fuse

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Description (Brief):

"Safe-T-Vapor" mercury vapor lamp had a fuse that extinguished the lamp within 15 minutes if the outer bulb cracked.

Date Made: ca 1996

Maker: DURO-TEST Corporation

Location: Currently not on view

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

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Credit Line: from Duro-Test Corporation

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1997.0062.16Catalog Number: 1997.0062.16Accession Number: 1997.0062

Object Name: discharge lamp

Measurements: overall: 11 in x 5 in; 27.94 cm x 12.7 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-7ef7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_750918

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