Locatelli Lamp
name: label: maker
content: Locatelli
notes: label: Description
content: Oil lamp with a "Locatelli et C à Paris" inscription. Louis-Melchior-Balthazar Locatelli was a French engineer who, in 1828, patented a new system of lighting. Scientists used Locatelli lamps for studying radiant heat. This example came from the Smithsonian Castle, and may have been used by Joseph Henry, the physicist who served as founding Secretary of the Institution.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.311756
label: catalog number
content: 311756
label: accession number
content: 152769
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp, Photometric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 2 19/32 in x 2 in; 12.065 cm x 6.604 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 4 in x 2 9/16 in; 12.065 cm x 10.16 cm x 6.50875 cm