Wallace arc lamp #117
date: label: date made
content: 1878
name: label: maker
content: Wallace
label: maker
content: Wallace, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Original Arc tamp designed by William Wallace, serial no. 117. Iron frame, carrying two carbon plates, 10 inches wide; electromagnets and attachments on top, enclosed in metal case inscribed; "Wallace Electric Lamp, Patented Dec. 18,1877.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Manufactured by Wallace & Sons, Ansonia, Conn. U. S. A." Curved, hinged iron hanger.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from William Wallace
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.201363
label: catalog number
content: 201363
label: accession number
content: 35164
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Arc Light
label: Object Name
content: arc lamp
label: Other Terms
content: Arc Light; Lighting Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 15 in x 2 in; 22.86 cm x 38.1 cm x 5.08 cm