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Display of Edison experimental light bulb filament
Object Details
- Credit Line
- from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1881
- ID Number
- EM.320526
- catalog number
- 320526
- accession number
- 241402
- maker
- Hammer, William J.
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Object Name
- Filaments
- lamp filament samples
- Physical Description
- carbon (?? material)
- glass (?? material)
- wood (frame material)
- Measurements
- overall: 31 1/8 in x 28 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 79.0575 cm x 71.755 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Energy & Power
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Exhibition
- Lighting a Revolution
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_703492
- Usage
- CC0
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