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Title |
General Electric Carbon Filament Incandescent Light Bulb, 20 watt, 115 volts |
Object Name |
Bulb, Light |
Object ID |
B305.106 |
Description |
A 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 smaller glass tube with two terminals on either side; a very thin wire is attached to each terminal with 2.5 loops in the middle; a sticker on the outside identifies the manufacturer, wattage, and voltage. |
Dimensions |
H-3.375 Dia-2.875 inches |
Material |
Glass, Carbon, 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 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). |