Carbon Filament Lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1884
name: label: inventor
content: Edison, Thomas Alva
label: maker
content: Edison Lamp Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An early commercial Edison lamp. The bamboo filament is attached to the lead wires with copper-plated connectors.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Electric Lamps
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Princeton University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, thru Dean Howard Menand
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.318648
label: catalog number
content: 318648
label: accession number
content: 232729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
label: Other Terms
content: Lighting Devices; Edison; Horseshoe; Carbon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 cm x 6 cm; 5 29/32 in x 2 3/8 in