General Electric "Edison GEM" carbon filament lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: GE "Edison GEM" (General Electric Metallized) carbon filament lamp. Brass medium-screw base with glass insulator. Double-arch GEM filament with 1/2" center support, carbon paste connectors, two-piece leads, cotton insulator. Tipped, straight-sided envelope. This is a second generation GEM lamp having a single filament instead of two filaments mounted in series.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from General Electric Company, Edison Lamp Works
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.307431
label: accession number
content: 68276
label: catalog number
content: 307431
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Light Bulb
label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: carbon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: light bulb: 12.5 cm x 5.6 cm; 4 15/16 in x 2 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 2 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 6.35 cm