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Details
An early Swan carbon-filament electric lamp,
the pear-shape bulb supported in two wire loops from the terminal block, with tension-spring contacts, the block with two screw terminals and threaded support in later brass base -- 53/8in. (13.7cm.) high overall; two small Geissler tubes (one smashed); The Pageant of the Lamp, a history of the electric lamp published by the Edison Swan Electric Company Ltd., circa 1951; Electric Lamps-100 Years On (Thorn Lighting Ltd., 1979); and Electric Lamps (British Lighting Council), n.d. (6)
the pear-shape bulb supported in two wire loops from the terminal block, with tension-spring contacts, the block with two screw terminals and threaded support in later brass base -- 53/8in. (13.7cm.) high overall; two small Geissler tubes (one smashed); The Pageant of the Lamp, a history of the electric lamp published by the Edison Swan Electric Company Ltd., circa 1951; Electric Lamps-100 Years On (Thorn Lighting Ltd., 1979); and Electric Lamps (British Lighting Council), n.d. (6)
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