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12.27.2008

Information about the H.W. McCandless company is presented in a new article that has been added to the website.  McCandless secured a place in history by manufacturing Audion vacuum tubes for Lee DeForest.  While that subject is well documented elsewhere, the subject of this article will focus on Henry McCandless himself and his miniature lamp business.



Five early British Lane-Fox incandescent lamps have been added to the collection and are documented on this page.  Also presented on this page are excerpts taken from electric lighting books and electrical journals from the time period these lamps were made that discuss the Lane-Fox incandescent lamp in detail.

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[General Discussion] Future bulb collector, perhaps? by Tim January 02, 2009, 02:55:20 PM

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Eberts (German) Phosphorescent Lamp
1903
Henry Ford Museum

 


vintage literature online!


L'Electricite Decorative a Lampes Minuscules

A boxed set of Christmas lights from L'Electricite Decorative a Lampes Minuscules, a vintage French lighting catalog from 1937. Check out the vintage literature section for more great old catalogs and advertisements.


mather electric book
12.10.2006


Mather Electric Company, Direct Current Incandescent Lighting: Published during the late 1800s, this hard cover book describes in detail the Mather incandescent electric lighting system. It is profusely illustrated and provides a rare and interesting glimpse into the early days of of electric lighting and power generation.