High Pressure Sodium Lamp
High Pressure Sodium Lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- An experimental high pressure sodium lamp with a clear arc tube. Clear tubes are more efficient than opaque tubes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- discharge lamp
- date made
- ca 1980
- Maker
- General Electric
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 5.715 cm
- ID Number
- 1997.0388.09
- accession number
- 1997.0388
- catalog number
- 1997.0388.09
- Credit Line
- from General Electric Lighting Company, thru Terry K. McGowan
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Energy & Power
- Electric Lamps
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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