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Mercury vapour ? lamp

Inventory Number 59412


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.59412

Subject
Lamps
Item type
Object
Physical material
Glass
Metal
Mercury
Object type
Lamp
Dimensions
Diameter: 36mm Height: 80mm Weight: 13g
Inventory No
59412

Description

A glass apparatus with a bulbous and pipped mid-section which contains two electrodes and traces of mercury.