Titanium-carbide Filament Lamp

Titanium-carbide Filament Lamp

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Description (Brief)
Crawford-Voelker lamp with titanium-carbide filament and U-shape envelope. Invented by William Lawrence Voelker.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
incandescent lamp
Date made
ca 1895
date made
ca 1901
maker
Crawford-Voelker Laboratory
place made
United Kingdom: England
Measurements
overall: 5 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 13.335 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.35 cm
ID Number
1997.0388.59
catalog number
1997.0388.59
accession number
1997.0388
Credit Line
from General Electric Lighting Company, thru Terry K. McGowan
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Energy & Power
Electric Lamps
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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