old vieux telegraphe

[Putnam Weekley]

on the Isle.

 

[Thor]

That second photo...

Wow.

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

Seconded.

 

[Brad Kane]

How old is old?

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Brad Kane:
How old is old?

How soon is now?

Mark Lipton

 

[Sharon Bowman]

but my shyness is criminally vulgar.

 

[MarkS]

Where is here, now?

 

[lars makie]

that the second pic is the light that never goes out?

 

[Jeff Grossman]

This is the light that never goes out.

 

[Ruben Ramos]

What happened to your blog Putnam?

 

[John McIlwain]

originally posted by Ruben Ramos:
Detroitdrinks?What happened to your blog Putnam?

I've been an admirer as well. Hope you can bring it back sooner rather than later.

Best,
John

 

[Karen Goetz]

how Vieux is that cartouche?

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
This is the light that never goes out.

Unbelievable. Note that its longevity comes from having a perfect seal. Sigh.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Actually, I side with the camp that says its longevity comes from its low wattage.

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Actually, I side with the camp that says its longevity comes from its low wattage.

Meaning low pH?

 

[BJ]

I love the 86.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Actually, I side with the camp that says its longevity comes from its low wattage.

Both are probably important. Any carbon filament hot enough to glow in the visible spectrum is hot enough to flame out instantly were it exposed to oxygen. Lower wattage, though, lowers the temperature and reduces the stresses on the glass.

Mark Lipton

 

[Jeff Grossman]

I've looked around for a simple explanation of wattage and longevity but I didn't find one. I did find a precise correlation between longevity and the difference between the rated voltage and the driven voltage. But who knows what the rated voltage is of a bulb made in 1901?

 

[Christian Miller (CMM)]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
This is the light that never goes out.

I thought this was the light that never goes out:
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[skirsch]

From the Department of Redundancy Department?