Westinghouse # A-6947 Mercury-Vapor Demonstration Kit
date: label: date made
content: ca 1960
name: label: associated person
content: Seaman, Frank
label: maker
content: Westinghouse Lamp Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A sales demonstration kit for a mercury-vapor lamp, manufacturer's # A-6947. Includes sample components of the "Life-guard" mercury-vapor lamp, descriptions of components, and a separate frame assembly with mounted arc tube, and outer envelope blank.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting, thru Hugh F. Hicks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0387.12
label: accession number
content: 1997.0387
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0387.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Light Bulb
label: Object Name
content: discharge lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mercury (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: case (closed): 3 in x 15 1/2 in x 11 in; 7.62 cm x 39.37 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: frame: 13 1/4 in x 2 in x 2 in; 33.655 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: envelope: 12 in x 4 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 11.43 cm