Edison bamboo filament lamp
date: label: date made
content: 1883
name: label: maker
content: Edison Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Edison bamboo filament incandescent lamp, ca. 1883. Characteristics: Brass medium-screw base with plaster domed insulator. Single arch bamboo filament with copper-clad connectors, three-piece leads, cork insulator. Ball-tipped, pear-shaped glass envelope.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Princeton University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, thru Dean Howard Menand
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.318638
label: catalog number
content: 318638
label: accession number
content: 232729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Light Bulb
label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
label: Other Terms
content: Light Bulb; Lighting Devices; Edison; Horseshoe; Carbon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 2 3/8 in; 15.24 cm x 6.0325 cm