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Osram Pipped Bulb Incandescent Lamp with Bayonet Fitting

Inventory Number 83044


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.83044

Subject
Lamps
Item type
Object
Makers
Osram
Physical material
Glass
Copper Alloy
Metal
Object type
Lamp
Dimensions
Diameter: 60mm Height: 120mm Weight: 34g
Inventory No
83044

Description

Osram pipped incandescent lightbulb with copper alloy bayonet fitting.  Filament has five wires connected to a central glass pillar.  "OSRAM / MADE IN ENGLAND / G. E.C. LTD / PATENT" printed on the bulb along with something illegible above OSRAM.