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Object NameLightbulb Prototype with Double Loop Carbon Filament

Manufacturerprobably General Electric Company (f. 1892)

Made FromGlass, Metal, Carbon Filament

Date1906

TechniqueMachine-made

SizeOverall H: 11.5 cm, Diam (max): 6 cm

Accession Number2022.4.14

Credit LineGift of GE Lighting, a Savant Company

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Place Made

probably United States, OH, Cleveland

Physical DescriptionLight bulb Prototype with Double Loop Carbon Filament. Colorless glass, metal, carbon filament; machine-made. Pear-shaped light bulb with pulled glass point on top. Bulb has carbon filament and exposed wiring, but is missing metal skirt and base. Paper label affixed to front inscribed, "Exhausted [illegible] / dry [illegible] air 2d & 3d. / time with P2O5 / Jan 4-06 JWA / . . .".
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