Tungsten Filament Lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1978
label: date made
content: ca 1968
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: "Longer Life - Less Light” incandescent lamp. The life rating, light output and efficiency of an lamp are all linked.
label: Description (Brief)
content: GE "Longer Life / Less Light Lamp". According to a GE engineer, this was an attempt at truth in advertising to show that the public would not buy a long-life lamp if they knew that lumen output was reduced. The unappealing color and type-face of package may indicate a half-hearted effort to sell this product. The lamp was produced in response to the Brooks Committee Congressional hearings into lamp life (1964-66) - the details on the package mirror the argument GE made to the Committee. Characteristics: medium-screw base with glass insulator. CC-6 tungsten filament with center support, crimp connectors, dumet leads. Tipless A-shape envelope with internal frost [IF] coating.
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 Harold D. Wallace, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0030.08
label: accession number
content: 2003.0030
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0030.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: lamp: 4 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 11.43 cm x 6.0325 cm