Reproduction Experimental Incandescent Lamp
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Object Details
- Farmer, Moses G.
- Description (Brief)
- Reproduction platinum filament lamp. Moses Farmer purportedly used lamps like this in his home in September 1859.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- from Sarah J. Farmer
- ca 1880
- ID Number
- EM.181352.02
- catalog number
- 181352.02
- accession number
- 2015.0173
- Object Name
- incandescent lamp
- Physical Description
- platinum? (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 23.495 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Energy & Power
- Electric Lamps
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_995676
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-810e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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