GTE Sylvania "CYX" tungsten halogen lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1985
name: label: maker
content: GTE Sylvania, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 2000 watt tungsten halogen lamp for projection use. A ceramic mogul bi-pin base with coiled tungsten filament, 8 legs in planar configuration. Tipped T-shaped envelope. Printed on base: "Sylvania / CYX / 2000W 120V / D104". Paper inside box reads: "Do not remove / until lamp is installed / Be sure circuit is off".
label: Description (Brief)
content: Incandescent lamps dominated the electric lighting market for over a century. Despite poor energy efficiency, their versatility and ease of use resulted in their almost universal adoption for applications ranging from the very large (searchlights and airfield illumination) to the microscopic (surgical lamps). This unit helps to demonstrate the versatility of incandescent technology. Despite the availability of powerful discharge lamps, high-output incandescent lamps continued in production throughout the 20th century due to the preference for a broad-spectrum light source. This particular lamp type was used in large area lighting, especially for film studio productions.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0278.19
label: accession number
content: 2022.0278
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0278.19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: lamp: 8 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 in; 20.955 cm x 5.715 cm x 2.54 cm