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Lot 500
Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020
8:00AM ET
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$625
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Lot Description
[Science, Medicine & Mathematics] [Edison, Thomas A.] Incandescent Electric Light Bulb Filament
Ca. 1870s-1880s. Original filament from one of Edison's incandescent electric lamp bulbs. Five filament pieces mounted onto diamond-shaped heavy cardstock, inscribed: "First/Filament/Used for the/Edison/Incandescent Electric/Lamp," from an unknown hand.