Edison bamboo filament lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1880
label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Edison bamboo filament incandescent lamp, ca. 1880. Wooden-mogul base with brass screw-shell and contact-ring. Single arch bamboo filament with platinum clamp connectors, two-piece leads, cork insulator. Ball-tipped, pear-shaped envelope. This base represents the third major style used in the development of the Edison lamp-base. Label #1: "109 1/2 v." and "19". Other marks illegible. Label #2: "Edison's Earliest Type of Bamboo Lamp with First type of Screw Base And Socket - 1880".
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Frank A. Wardlaw, Jr. and Frank A. Wardlaw
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.310579.01
label: catalog number
content: 310579.01
label: accession number
content: 123470
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Light Bulb
label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bamboo (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 2 3/8 in; 17.78 cm x 6.0325 cm