Perkins carbon lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Perkins carbon lamp, about 1890. No base. Single-arch carbon filament with crimp & paste connectors, platinum leads, Mather-style press. Tipped pear-shaped envelope.
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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 Elisha Thompson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.325794
label: accession number
content: 258274
label: catalog number
content: 325794
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Light Bulb
label: Object Name
content: ammeter
label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: carbon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 3 in; 14.605 cm x 7.62 cm