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Title |
Carbon Filament Incandescent Light Bulb |
Object Name |
Bulb, Light |
Object ID |
B305.110 |
Description |
A small, round clear glass bulb with a brass bottom with threads on the end; attached to the inside of the bottom is a smaller glass tube with two terminals on either side; a very thin wire is attached to each terminal with 3 loops in the middle. |
Dimensions |
H-3 Dia-3.75 inches |
Material |
Glass, Carbon, Brass |
Collection |
The Walter J. Hamer Electrochemical Artifact Collection |
Search Terms |
Electric Lighting Electric Lighting, Incandescent Electrochemistry Incandescent Lamps Light Bulbs Hamer, Walter J. (Walter Jay) |
Provenance |
Donated by Walter J. Hamer. Collected by Hamer during his tenure as Chief of Electrochemistry at the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology). |