Gas mantle
- ID-nummer
- 2018.018.001
- Titel
- Gas mantle
- Objektkategori
- Konst
- Publik beskrivning
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Paul Romer regards this gas mantle as a fine example of the historical importance of technological innovation. Romer’s research focuses on how knowledge and new ideas drive economic growth. This type of lamp is based on the principle of Auer’s incandescent light. An incandescent mantle emits light because of the heat given off by burning gas. The lamp was a far more efficient light source than oil lamps and the earlier gas lights. After the lamp was invented in the 1880s, it soon became common as street lighting. Nowadays, lamps like these are used by campers.
Paul Romer donated the gas mantle to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2018. - Pristagare
- Paul M. Romer
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