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  2. Liter of Light - Wikipedia

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    The device is simple: a transparent two-liter bottle is filled with water plus a little bleach to inhibit algal growth and fitted into a hole in a roof. The device functions like a deck prism : during daytime the water inside the bottle refracts sunlight, delivering about as much light as a 40–60 watt incandescent bulb to the interior.

  3. Carbide lamp - Wikipedia

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    A carbide lamp or acetylene gas lamp is a simple lamp that produces and burns acetylene (C 2 H 2), which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC 2) with water (H 2 O). [ 1 ] Acetylene gas lamps were used to illuminate buildings, as lighthouse beacons, and as headlights on motor-cars and bicycles.

  4. Nernst lamp - Wikipedia

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    Nernst lamps did not use a glowing tungsten filament. Instead, they used a ceramic rod that was heated to incandescence.Because the rod (unlike tungsten wire) would not further oxidize when exposed to air, there was no need to enclose it within a vacuum or noble gas environment; the burners in Nernst lamps could operate exposed to the air and were only enclosed in glass to isolate the hot ...

  5. Category:Types of lamp - Wikipedia

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    Simple English; Slovenčina; ... Pages in category "Types of lamp" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

  6. Balanced-arm lamp - Wikipedia

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    A balanced-arm lamp has a base, a stand or body, (in most cases) two connected arms (in many cases fitted with springs), and a lamp-head. The lamp can be moved into almost any position, and the balancing device will maintain the position until moved again. The same overall mechanism can be employed in other devices with similar requirements ...

  7. Fluorescent-lamp formats - Wikipedia

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    lighter cathodes that can only handle a lower amount of power. They will function as a standard 40 W lamp on full-power ballasts, but may not last as long. These lamps are typically rated to last for 12,000 hours on a residential-grade ballast and only 6000 hours on a commercial-grade one. T12 1.5, 38 4 32 F40T12/ESP

  8. Argand lamp - Wikipedia

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    The Argand lamp is a type of oil lamp invented in 1780 by Aimé Argand. Its output is 6 to 10 candelas , brighter than that of earlier lamps. Its more complete combustion of the candle wick and oil than in other lamps required much less frequent trimming of the wick.

  9. Nachiarkoil lamp - Wikipedia

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    The Nachiarkoil lamp is made both in bell metal and brass; brass is more in vogue now since it is easily available and cheaper. The lamp has four components which are: parts—base "Keezhbagam (base plate), "kandam" meaning pivotal post, "Thanguli" a bowl with five groves to hold wicks and oil for lighting, and the "Prabhai" which is the crown.

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