Maker:

General Electric Lighting Company  Search this

Physical Description:

mercury (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 6 in x 2 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 15.24 cm x 6.985 cm x 1.5875 cm

Object Name:

discharge lamp

Place made:

United States: Ohio, Cleveland

Date made:

1965

Description (Brief):

A reproduction of Charles Steinmetz’s 1912 mercury vapor lamp made for defense of U.S. patent 3,234,421.

Credit Line:

from Gilbert H. Reiling

ID Number:

1996.0084.02

Catalog number:

1996.0084.02

Accession number:

1996.0084

See more items in:

Work and Industry: Electricity

Energy & Power

Electric Lamps

Exhibition:

Lighting a Revolution

Exhibition Location:

National Museum of American History

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-a81b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_751355