I promised James some close-up pictures of a Linolite lamp I recently bought, I thought others might be interested so I'll post them here. I'm comparing the Linolite with a similar Mazda bulb of about the same length (11") The camera caught some weird reflections from the Mazda's filament but you can get an idea of what the coil shaped filament looks like hopefully:
The Linolite lamp (right) & Mazda lamp (left):
The Mazda lamp:
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-TimBulbCollector.comDewCollector.com[This message has been edited by tim (edited March 21, 2001).]