Single Wire Nikola Tesla Incandescent Lamp from the Richard Müller-Uri Firm in Germany, late 1890s

Object/Artifact

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Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum

Single Wire Nikola Tesla Incandescent Lamp from the Richard Müller-Uri Firm in Germany, late 1890s

Single Wire Nikola Tesla Incandescent Lamp from the Richard Müller-Uri Firm in Germany, late 1890s

Name/Title

Single Wire Nikola Tesla Incandescent Lamp from the Richard Müller-Uri Firm in Germany, late 1890s

Entry/Object ID

2026.18.1

Description

Single Wire Nikola Tesla Incandescent Lamp from the Richard Müller-Uri Firm in Germany, late 1890s

Use

Famous 1890s experimental lamp from early Nikola Tesla lectures on high frequency currents and light. Tesla's "molecular bombardment" incandescent lamps operated from focus X-Rays, and are not only dangerous but impractical...though highly intriguing. Because of the persistent outgassing of components and sputtering of the carbon filament into the residual vacuum, their practical life is extremely limited. An external foil can be grounded to the human body for intensifying the focused radiation, allowing the filament to glow brighter.

Context

Manufactured in Germany in the 1890s by the Richard Müller-Uri Firm. Acquired from the previous collection of Tedd Payne.

Collection

Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum

Acquisition

Accession

2026.18

Source or Donor

Jeff Behary personal collection

Acquisition Method

Loan