Edison light bulb
Date
1885
Creator
William Henry Preece (1834 - 1913, Welsh) , Electrical engineer
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 130mm
width (drawing): 83mm
width (drawing): 83mm
Subject
Description
Diagram of an experimental electric light bulb constructed ‘with three branches at right angles to each other…each metal plate taken in succession’, manufactured by Thomas Edison.
Figure 5 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. 5’ 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 5 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. 5’ 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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