Edison bamboo filament lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1880
label: date made
content: ca. 1880
label: date made
content: ca 1880
name: label: maker
content: Edison Lamp Company
notes: label: Description
content: 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. First type of screw base, flat stem seal, screw clamp. Filament broken.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320465
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 320465
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: 6 in x 2 1/4 in; 15.24 cm x 5.715 cm