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240V/100W Gasfilled Incandescent Lamp, by Woolworth, Mid 20th Century

Inventory Number 68182

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.68182

Subject
Lamps
Item type
Object
Makers
Woolworth
Provenance
Presented by Mrs M. L. Pinsent in 1990. Belonged to her father, the chemist E. J. Bowen.
Physical material
Glass
Metal
Copper Alloy
Object type
Lamp
Dimensions
Diameter: 53mm Height: 96mm Weight: 35g
Inventory No
68182
Accession Number
1990-9/7

Description

240V incandescent lamp bulb with copper alloy bayonet fitting. Translucent glass. Has a thin wire filament.

Part of a collection of home-made apparatus, and some other items, belonging to the late Edmund John Bowen (1898-1980), selected from his workshop at 10 Park Town, Oxford (where he lived from c.1932).

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