Edison bamboo filament lamp, 8 cp
date: label: Date made
content: 1880
notes: label: Description
content: Characteristics: wooden-mogul base with brass contact rings. Note extra lead wires (about 2") have been soldered to rings. Single-arch bamboo filament with copper-clad connectors, three-piece leads, cork insulator. Ball-tipped, pear-shaped envelope. 8cp.
setName: label: See more items in
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 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.318629
label: catalog number
content: 318629
label: accession number
content: 232729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Light Bulb
label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
label: Other Terms
content: Light Bulb; Lighting Devices; Edison; Horseshoe; Carbon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 6.35 cm