SYLVANIA PRODUCES WORLD’S SMALLEST INCANDESCENT LAMP

CD 1964010 E&MP25.068

Electric Lamps

NOVEMBER 25, 1959

The smallest incandescent lamp ever produced on an assembly line has been placed into production by Sylvania Lighting Products, a division of Sylvania Electric Products Inc.

The lamp is small enough to pass through the eye of a darning needle. Sylvania is a subsidiary of General Telephone & Electronics Corporation. 

Original Caption by Science Service
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