Lamps (8)
notes: label: Description
content: The development of the oxyhydrogen blowpipe in the 1820s led to experiments with oxyhydrogen flames. Goldsworth Gurney, an English surgeon and chemist, observed the effect of the flame directed at quicklime (calcium oxide), and termed it limelight. Thomas Drummond, of the Royal Engineers, built a working lamp in 1826. This box of eight limelight lamps came from Princeton University.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315804
label: catalog number
content: 315804
label: accession number
content: 221203
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamps (limelight)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 5 1/16 in x 20 7/8 in x 12 7/8 in; 12.85875 cm x 53.0225 cm x 32.7025 cm