Acetylene Lamp
notes: label: Description
content: Acetylene is a simple hydrocarbon that was discovered in 1826 by the Irish chemist, Edmund Davy, and later named by the French chemist, Marcellin Berthellot. In time it would be widely used for heating and lighting purposes. This acetylene lamp belonged to William J. Hammer, a pioneering American electrical engineer. He may have used it for comparing electric light bulbs or for electrical demonstrations. The inscription on the bottom reads “PAT’D AUG. 9, 1898 / PAT’S PENDING.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Frank E. Bundy, “Acetylene-Gas Generator,” U.S. Patent 608,571 (August 9, 1898).
label: Description
content: Charles Proner, “Five Horsepower Machine Started and Stopped by a Wave of the Hand,” <i>Popular Electricity</i> 4 (1911): 682-683.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of International Business Machines Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.320560
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content: 320560
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Acetylene Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 3 in; 17.78 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 4 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 10.4775 cm x 8.89 cm