Bulb
Category
Technological items
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass
Measurements
6.5 cm (Length)7 cm (Diameter)
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Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire
NT 88651
Summary
A flat bottomed glass bulb, inscribed '02', sitting on a rubber bung. A pipe runs from the bulb into the machinery. The bulb would have been filled with vegetable oil which would have dripped into the machinery for lubrication purposes.
Marks and inscriptions
02