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although your date is earlier I would check electronic tubes for radios
etc....
lightbulbs also possible
also insulator
have fun
Conrad
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Ross
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 1:28 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: clear glass tubes
Could they be from the inside of a light bulb?
Doug
On 2013-02-02, at 10:19, Sarah Sportman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to identify a few artifacts we recovered from back yard
> contexts in a 19th century mining town in the Adirondacks. We found six
> fragments of thin, clear glass tubes. They are a little smaller in
> diameter than a modern drinking straw and round in cross-section. All are
> broken and each fragment is less than 3 inches long. The fragments came
> from the yards of three different domestic sites, including a tenement
> house, a double house, and the superintendent's house. The sites were
> occupied from the mid 1870s to the mid 1890s. Any help in identifying
> them would be greatly appreciated!
>
> thanks,
> Sarah
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