Edison keyless Johnson bevel-ring lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: 1881
name: label: associated person
content: Edison, Thomas Alva
label: maker
content: Edison
label: maker
content: Edison Electric Light Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Edison "Johnson bevel-ring" keyless lamp socket, 1881. Brass inner screw shell with brass contact ring, wooden outer shell. No connector for attaching to a luminaire. Two cloth-insulated lead wires emerge from just below the inner shell. No extant maker's marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.241402.111
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 241402.111
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: 1 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 5.715 cm