General Electric type A-4 radiant tube triple unit heater
date: label: Date made
content: c1897
label: Date made
content: c1897
label: date made
content: ca 1897
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: General Electric type A-4 space heater. Unit uses 3 carbon filament heater-tubes as radiant elements, set in a metal body which appears to be brass. Three legs and scroll work on the front. The heat is generated by 3 elements that are essentially light bulbs about 10" long x 2.5" diameter. Elements have a brass skirted medium-screw type base, single-arch carbon filament, tipped frosted T-shaped envelope. The heater has a 2-prong 110 volt plug on a cord in the rear. Nameplate on front:: "Electric Luminous radiator, General Electric Type A-4, Amp. 6.8 Volts 110, Pat Jan 10, 1893."
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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 Philip Klein thru General Electric Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330999
label: catalog number
content: 330999
label: accession number
content: 1987.0551
label: model number
content: A4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electrical appliance
label: Object Name
content: space heaater
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 18 in x 8 in; 45.72 cm x 45.72 cm x 20.32 cm