Mercury Vapor Lamp
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Object Details
- General Electric Company
- Description (Brief)
- Type S-4 mercury vapor sunlamp with glass that transmitted both visible light and ultraviolet rays for use in tanning.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- from the Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting, thru Hugh F. Hicks
- ca 1940
- ID Number
- 1997.0387.04
- accession number
- 1997.0387
- catalog number
- 1997.0387.04
- Object Name
- discharge lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 2 5/8 in; 12.7 cm x 6.6675 cm
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Energy & Power
- Electric Lamps
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_751230
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-ad51-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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