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  2. Headlight flashing - Wikipedia

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    Headlight flashing might have come into more common use as a means of attempting driver-to-driver communication by the mid-1970s, [3] when cars began to come with headlight beam selectors located on the steering column—typically activated by pulling the turn signal stalk—rather than the previous foot-operated pushbutton switches.

  3. Stage lighting accessories - Wikipedia

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    Gam Products Inc. manufactures two different models of effect loop, the Film/FX and the SX4. Both of these devices use a ribbon punched with a pattern to project a continuous scrolling pattern. The Film/FX is designed to install into the accessory slot, while the SX4 is installed directly into the fixture, between the lamp assembly and barrel.

  4. Spotlight operator - Wikipedia

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    Especially for tight pick up cues where there is a high need for precision, with little stray light spilling over and onto the surrounding environment. Often times the placement location's distance and alignment of the Telrad's housing unit on the spotlight, in relation to the operator's eyes, will allow the rings to help align with the ...

  5. Automotive lighting - Wikipedia

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    ISO symbol for long-range lights [8] Auxiliary high beam lights may be fitted to provide high-intensity light to enable the driver to see at longer range than the vehicle's high beam headlights. [13] Such lights are most notably fitted on rally cars, and are occasionally fitted to production vehicles derived from or imitating such

  6. Headlamp - Wikipedia

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    As previously with round lamps, the US permitted only two standardized sizes of rectangular sealed-beam lamp: A system of two 200 by 142 mm (7.9 by 5.6 in) high/low beam units corresponding to the existing 7-inch round format, or a system of four 165 by 100 mm (6.5 by 3.9 in) units, two high/low and two high-beam. corresponding to the existing ...

  7. Parabolic aluminized reflector - Wikipedia

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    Between 1940 and 1956, all U.S. cars had to have two 7-inch (178 mm) round headlamps with dual filaments, so each lamp provided both a high and a low beam light distribution. In 1957, a system of four sealed-beam headlamps—two per side, of 5 + 3 / 4 inches (146 mm) diameter, was allowed in some U.S. states.

  8. Spotlight (theatre lighting) - Wikipedia

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    A strong light source, often a high-intensity discharge lamp with a high colour temperature. A lens which can be manually focused. A manual device to change the intensity of the beam, especially when an HID source which can not be electronically dimmed, is used. An "iris" to adjust the size of the spot/angle of the beam.

  9. Klieg light - Wikipedia

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    Klieg lights. A Klieg light is an intense carbon arc lamp especially used in filmmaking.It is named after inventor John Kliegl and his brother Anton Kliegl.Klieg lights usually have a Fresnel lens with a spherical reflector or an ellipsoidal reflector with a lens train containing two plano-convex lenses or a single step lens.