Lamp, electric, vacuum, lighthouse

Description

Ediswan vacuum electric lamp, with a glass envelope containing a folded ribbon filament, used in the Cumbrae Lighthouse, c.1901

Museum reference

T.1958.47

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Lamp, electric, vacuum, lighthouse

Production information

Ediswan

Date

c. 1901

Materials

Glass

Physical description

Glass envelope

Associations

Cumbrae Lighthouse, Little Cumbrae, Buteshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Shining Lights: The story of Scotland's Lighthouses (15 Oct 2010 - 03 Apr 2011)
  Museum of Scotland