Self-Dimming Incandescent Lamp
Self-Dimming Incandescent Lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- "IQ Dimmer" incandescent lamp. Made with a computer chip in the base that allows the lamp to be set at four light levels.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- incandescent lamp
- date made
- ca 1995
- lamp maker
- Philips Lighting Company
- chip maker
- Beacon Light Products, Inc.
- Measurements
- lamp: 4 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 10.795 cm x 6.0325 cm
- package: 4 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm
- ID Number
- 1997.0389.18
- accession number
- 1997.0389
- catalog number
- 1997.0389.18
- Credit Line
- from Philips Lighting Co.
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Energy & Power
- Electric Lamps
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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