Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- The type S-1 sunlamp combined incandescent and mercury vapor technology into one lamp. Used for tanning.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- General Electric Company
- date made
- ca 1935
- Credit Line
- from the Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting, thru Hugh F. Hicks
- Physical Description
- mercury (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 15.875 cm x 6.985 cm
- Object Name
- discharge lamp
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