Edison bamboo filament lamp, 16 cp
date: label: date made
content: 1880
name: label: maker
content: Edison Electric Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Edison lamp, 1880. Wooden-mogul base lamp, bamboo filament, 16cp. Characteristics: wooden-mogul base with brass screw-shell and contact-ring (missing on this unit). Single-arch bamboo filament with platinum-clamp connectors, platinum 2-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.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from General Electric Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181798
label: catalog number
content: 181798
label: accession number
content: 33407
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lightbulb
label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
label: Other Terms
content: Lightbulb; Lighting Devices; Edison; Horseshoe; Carbon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 2 1/4 in; 17.78 cm x 5.715 cm