Carbon Resistance Lamp
Carbon Resistance Lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- This lamp was not intended for illumination but rather for providing resistance in an electrical circuit.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- incandescent lamp
- date made
- ca 1888
- Maker
- Western Union Corporation
- Measurements
- overall: 5 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 14.2875 cm x 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- EM.333033
- accession number
- 294351
- catalog number
- 333033
- Credit Line
- from Western Union Corporation
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Energy & Power
- Electric Lamps
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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