Patent Model - Electric-Lighting Apparatus
Maker and role
Abram Martin, Patentee
Production date
Sep 21 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass, copper, insulated wire, wood
Measurements
7 3/8 x 12 x 12" (18.7 x 30.5 x 30.5cm)
Description
Martin's invention "is applicable for use in electric-lighting apparatus of various kinds, but it is shown as embodied in an apparatus or system in which the candle or illuminating device consists of a portion of an electric circuit having less conductivity than the remainder of the circuit, and which becomes heated to a point of incandescence by the resistance offered to the passage of the electric current." (Patent Number 232,357)
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Object number
61.47.209
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