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Demonstration Incandescent Lamp
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Edison bristol-board incandescent lamp. Wooden pedestal base with two top-mount brass terminals. A single-arch bristol-board filament with platinum screw-clamp connectors, 2-piece leads, bulbous press. Spliced lead-connections in stem. Tipped, G-shape envelope with neck. The donor reported that the lamp itself is original, one of those used at the New Year's Eve Demonstration, 31 December 1879. The pedestal base is a reproduction.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineDemonstration Incandescent Lamp. 1879. Edison, Thomas Alva. National Museum of American History, from Frank A. Wardlaw, Jr. and Frank A. Wardlaw. CC0.
