Updated 17-V-2003

Historic Lamp Catalogues

Presented here are extracts from a selection of historic catalogues, primarily of British origin.By clicking on the relevant front cover below, the pages relating to Group IX lamps (Electric Discharge Style) can be viewed as PDF files, for which you will need the Adobe Acrobat free viewer software.Should your interest concern light sources belonging to other groups or different catalogues not listed here, please send an e-mail message with your request by following the link here. Catalogues are typically divided into the following ELMA Groups:

Group I - General Purpose Incandescent & Projection
Group II - Vehicle Bulbs
Group III - Flashlamp Bulbs
Group IV - Cycle Dynamo Bulbs
Group V - Miners' lamps
Group VI - Decoration lights
Group VII - Telephone Switchboard, Post Office & Telewriter types
Group VIII - Military Lamps
Group IX - Electric Discharge and Fluorescent
Group X - Radio Panel Indicators

Osram-GEC

1951
United Kingdom

BTH-Mazda

1954
United Kingdom

Philips

1965
United Kingdom

Philips

(in preparation)
~1960
Australia

Siemens Ediswan

(in preparation)
1945
United Kingdom

Siemens Bros.

(in preparation)
1953
United Kingdom

General Electric

(in preparation)
1960
U.S.A

Osram GmbH

(in preparation)
~1950
Germany

Osram GmbH

(in preparation)
1962
Germany