Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- A reproduction of Charles Steinmetz’s 1912 mercury vapor lamp made for defense of U.S. patent 3,234,421.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- General Electric Lighting Company
- date made
- 1965
- Credit Line
- from Gilbert H. Reiling
- 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
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