Incandescent light bulb

I HAVE AN ANTIQUE ELECTRIC BULB; BRAND ASTRA, ENGLAND. IT'S FILAMENT IS SAID TO BE MADE OF CARBON INSTEAD OF TUNGSTEN. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THIS BULB IS MANUFACTURED. I COULD KNOW IT'S 1918.

PERIOD OF USE OF THIS BULB IS NINETY TWO YEARS.I WOULD LIKE TO GET A CONFIRMATION REPORT BASED ON THE FACTS GIVEN ABOVE. THIS RARE BULB IS IN USE SINCE 1918

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From what I have been able to find, and I am no expert;

By 1918 lamps were being filled with Argon thanks to Cooper-Hewitt finding a method of separating the inert gases from air.

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