Edison light bulb
Date
1885
Creator
William Henry Preece (1834 - 1913, Welsh) , Electrical engineer
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 115mm
width (drawing): 79mm
width (drawing): 79mm
Subject
Description
Diagram of an experimental electric light bulb constructed ‘so that no portion of the filament was opposed by right lines to the metal plate’, manufactured by Thomas Edison.
Figure 4 from the manuscript version of the paper ‘On a peculiar behaviour of glow-lamps when raised to high incandescence’, by William Henry Preece, Proceedings of the Royal Society, v.38 (1884), pp.219-230. The printed illustration reverses the orientation of the figure.
The accompanying text stated that: ‘During my recent visit to America (October 1884), Mr. Edison showed me a very striking experiment with glow-lamps…Mr Edison made for me several lamps of different forms and character to enable me to investigate the phenomenon more carefully in England’.
Inscribed in ink above: ‘Fig. 4’ and in ink below: ‘Preece (50) 1885’.
Sir William Henry Preece (1834-1913) British electrical engineer and inventor was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1881.
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor and businessman.
Figure 4 from the manuscript version of the paper ‘On a peculiar behaviour of glow-lamps when raised to high incandescence’, by William Henry Preece, Proceedings of the Royal Society, v.38 (1884), pp.219-230. The printed illustration reverses the orientation of the figure.
The accompanying text stated that: ‘During my recent visit to America (October 1884), Mr. Edison showed me a very striking experiment with glow-lamps…Mr Edison made for me several lamps of different forms and character to enable me to investigate the phenomenon more carefully in England’.
Inscribed in ink above: ‘Fig. 4’ and in ink below: ‘Preece (50) 1885’.
Sir William Henry Preece (1834-1913) British electrical engineer and inventor was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1881.
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor and businessman.
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