Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/VACUUM/ROUND
- DATE
- 1878–1880
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0510.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Edison Electric Light Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CARBON FILAMENT/ GLASS BULB & STEM/ PLATINUM WIRES THROUGH SEAL/ PLATINUM SCREW CONNECTIONS TO LEAD WIRES/ WOOD BASE/ FIBER LEAD SEPARATOR/ PLASTER AROUND BULB BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.6 cm
- Width
- 6.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lamp bulbs
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Edison
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
LIGHTING/ GENERAL/ EXPERIMENTAL - Technical
-
EARLY EDISON LAMP, PROBABLY EXPERIMENTAL/ LAMP HAD A HIGH RESISTANCE CARBON FILAMENT IN A HIGH VACUUM - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- HANDWRITTEN IN WHITE ON BULB IS: '1929-609'/ HANDWRITTEN ON UNDERSIDE OF BASE, ORIGINALLY IN PENCIL, LATER (?) INPEN IS: '1878/ MENLO/ N.J.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR GLASS BULB & STEM/ WHITE LEADS SEPARATOR/ BLUE/GREYWOODEN BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Edison Electric Light Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1878–1880, Artifact no. 1992.0510, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0510.001/
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