Magnesium flash lamp

Magnesium flash lamp

Equipment

Magnesium flash lamp

Metal and cotton
Overall: 4 5/16 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/16 in. (11 × 4.5 × 3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1976.0011.0241
DescriptionCylindrical magnesium flash lamp with conical lid, and cotton wick cover.
Inscriptions Stamped in metal, middle of barrel, C: [oval line border] BREVETÉ \ 659 \ S.G.D.G.
Stamped in metal, bottom, above air intake, B: 1 2

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