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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 829923, member: 22&quot;]Found this light bulb in a shed of the latest clearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Turns out its a 1934 Osglim Beehive Neon lamp</p><p>250-260 Volt 5 Watt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Research finds one sold in 2008 for £80.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The 5-watt Lighting lamp employs a beehive shaped coil of Swedish iron wire mounted above a flat disc of the same metal. Swedish iron is the preferred electrode material for these lamps on account of its low rate of sputtering and ease of outgassing by bringing it to red heat during the pumping stage.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>It still works.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]193886[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]193887[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]193888[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]193889[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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