Nernst Lamps

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Source: Everybody's Magazine, v. 5, no. 26 (October 1901) p. 392.

Nernst Lamps were displayed overhead in the Westinghouse Section of the Electricity Building. The lighting filament was made of lime-like minerals that, when heated by electric current, gave off a "the most dazzling white light." The fifty-candle Nernst lamp was three times brighter than the normal incandescent lamp of the period, and consumed half the energy.
See also, "High-candlepower Nernst Lamps"


Nernst Lamps


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