Nernst Incandescent Lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1904
name: label: maker
content: Nernst
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Invented by Walther Nernst, this incandescent lamp could operate in open air and did not violate Edison’s patents. The housing is sectioned for study of the internal ballast resistance mechanism. The glower consists of three iron rods coated with rare-earth elements. The coating gives off light when heated and protects the rod from oxidation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Electric Lamps
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.318298
label: catalog number
content: 318298
label: accession number
content: 232729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cerium oxide (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 6 in; 24.13 cm x 15.24 cm