Item 74870 - Tungsten filament lamp, ca. 1909
- Item 74870 - Tungsten filament lamp, ca. 1909
- Contributed by Maine Historical Society
- Item 74870
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Image Info This National Lamp Works (General Electric) bulb has a squirted and sintered tunsten filament. The process made the bulb more efficient than those with filaments made of tantalum.
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However, tungsten filaments were brittle and could not be bent, so short segments were used and were attached to the support wires.