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Mercury Vapour Arc Lamp with Bayonet Fitting

Inventory Number 58801


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.58801

Subject
Lamps
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Royal Microscopical Society.
Object type
Lamp
Dimensions
Height: 180mm Width: 60mm Depth: 40mm Weight: 62g
Inventory No
58801
Accession Number
1980-16

Description

125 watt high pressure mercury vapour arc lamp with copper alloy bayonet fitting. A lot of the glass has broken and been removed, therefore unlikely to contain mercury vapour anymore. Contained in cardboard box with cream-coloured embossed leather covering. "125 watt HPMV lamp inner (High pressure mercury vapour) c 1950" handwritten on the box in black ink.