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2. Banker's lamp - Wikipedia

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   The banker's lamp is a style of electric desk or table lamp often characterized by a brass stand, green glass lamp shade, and pull-chain switch. Such a lamp was first patented in the United States under the Emeralite brand name.

3. Green eyeshade - Wikipedia

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   Eyeshades. Green eyeshades or dealer's visors are a type of visor that were worn most often from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century by accountants, telegraphers, copy editors, and others engaged in vision-intensive, detail-oriented occupations to lessen eye strain [1] due to early incandescent lights and candles, which tended to be harsh (the classic banker's lamp had a green shade ...

4. What Your Lamp Choice Says About Your Design Style - AOL

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   Bankers Desk Lamp "This is giving me ivy league lawyer vibes," says Jay. "I'm picturing a bearded man wearing spectacles and a corduroy blazer (with elbow patches), sitting next to his mahogany ...

5. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2008 March 3

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   I would guess bankers' lamps are green for the same reason as Green eyeshades: to protect from the harshness of early incandescent lamps. AlmostReadytoFly 15:30, 3 March 2008 (UTC) Thanks for the info. Sounds reasonable, and I think that'll quell my curiosity. jdstroy 01:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

6. Peter Cooper Hewitt - Wikipedia

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   Peter Cooper Hewitt (May 5, 1861 – August 25, 1921) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp in 1901. [1] Hewitt was issued U.S. patent 682,692 on September 17, 1901. [2]

7. Warning sign of type 2 diabetes: 7 ways to reverse prediabetes

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   Approximately 38.4 million Americans had been diagnosed with diabetes as of 2021 — but about three times that many are in danger of developing the disease, even if they don’t know it. Nearly ...