Woodhouse and Rawson lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Woodhouse and Rawson keyless lamp socket, about 1881. Hook & loop base with two knurled contacts, three brass retaining leaf springs (one missing), threaded cone connector. Wood body, lamp held in place by wire spring contacts. Screw-pin socket mount. Stamped on one leaf spring: "Woodhouse & Rawson / Patent".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.241402.109
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 241402.109
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket
label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
label: Other Terms
content: Socket; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: socket: 3 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 3.81 cm x 3.175 cm