General Electric 12A fuse
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A screw-in fuse with a medium-base brass shell, ceramic housing, and brass top. Stamped on top: "Gen. El. Co. Sep. 12, 1882, Jun. 2, 1885 / Patented Feb. 9, 1897"; "12" stamped on base contact. Taken from service in the Smithsonian Castle in 1948.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0177.15
label: accession number
content: 2023.0177
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0177.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fuse
label: Object Name
content: electrical fuse
label: Other Terms
content: Fuse; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: fuse: 1 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 3.4925 cm