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Title |
General Electric National Mazda Drawn Tungsten Filament Incandescent Light Bulb |
Object Name |
Bulb, Light |
Object ID |
B305.107 |
Description |
A large tapered oval shaped clear glass bulb with a point on the top; has a brass bottom with threads on the end; attached to the inside of the bottom is a long glass tube with two terminals on either side and a long glass rod and platform attached to the top; both terminals extend up vertically; there are small wires attached to the top and bottom of the rod forming a circular pattern; a thin wire is attached to the terminals and is stretched vertically, hooking on to each of the small wires; the name of the manufacturer is printed on the side |
Date |
1917 |
Dimensions |
H-7.75 Dia-5.875 inches |
Material |
Glass, Tungsten, Brass |
Made |
General Electric Corporation |
Collection |
The Walter J. Hamer Electrochemical Artifact Collection |
Search Terms |
Electric Lighting Electric Lighting, Incandescent Electrochemistry Incandescent Lamps General Electric Company Light Bulbs Tungsten Lamps 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). |