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Title |
General Electric National Mazda Coiled Tungsten Filament Incandescent Light Bulb |
Object Name |
Bulb, Light |
Object ID |
B305.102 |
Description |
Very long clear glass tube 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; one terminal extends approximately half an inch up from the tube and forms a small L shape; the second terminal extends from the base all the way to the top of the larger tube, curving at the top to form an arc; approximately every 1.25 inches there is a small wire extending horizontally out from the longer terminal; a very thin coiled wire is stretched from the top of the short terminal to the top of the long terminal, just below the arc |
Dimensions |
H-11.75 Dia-1.625 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). |