Swan carbon lamp
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Swan lamp, circa 1882. No base. Double-arch cellulose filament, with crimp & paste connectors, one-piece platinum leads, glass-rod insulator / lead-support. Bottom-tipped round envelope with neck. Note that the lead wires exit thru opposite sides of the lamp-neck and are formed into loops to connect to the fixture. Clear, G-shaped envelope. Tip is at base end. Marked: "Swan United Electric Light Co."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Newark College of Engineering
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.311926
label: catalog number
content: 311926
label: accession number
content: 156658
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Light Bulb
label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: carbon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 10.4775 cm x 6.985 cm