[Bubier], Edward Trevert, 1858- [from old catalog] · Lynn, Mass., Bubier pub. co. · leaf 202
THOMSON-HOUSTON LAMP. many private dwellings. It is also used extensivelyto furnish light in our factories and to replace ourold fashioned street gas-lights. Considering the 200 ELECTRICITY AND ITS short time (which is about ten years) since theincandescent lamp was invented, it has made… … The lamp consists of a glass globe or bulb,from which the air has been exhausted, con-taining a carbonized fiber of bamboo. This carbon-ized fiber is attached to two platinum wires fusedin the glass, the free ends of the wires beingconnected to the copper sockets of the lamp, which EECEXT…
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