Nernst lamps

Pan-American Exposition--(1901:Buffalo, N.Y.)--Electricity Building

Pan-American Exposition--(1901:Buffalo, N.Y.)--Photographs

Pan-American Exposition--(1901:Buffalo, N.Y.) --Views

Aerial views

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"

A ceiling display with multiple Nerst electric lamps radiating outward in streaks from a central point, creating a starburst effect. Window frames are faintly visible at the bottom edges of the image.

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

1901-10-00

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Night photographs

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Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901

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