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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. These types of lamp are frequently used in libraries throughout the United States, which have made the lamp popular ...

  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 ...

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  5. Tolomeo desk lamp - Wikipedia

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    The Tolomeo incandescent desk lamp is an icon of Italian modern design. It was designed by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina in 1986 for the Artemide company. It won the Compasso d'Oro design prize in 1989. [1] It is a balanced-arm lamp with external steel tension cables attached to springs hidden inside the arms. Its original ...

  6. Shades of green - Wikipedia

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    Reseda green, is a shade of greyish green in the classic range of colors of the German RAL colour standard, in which it is named "RAL 6011". [ 33 ] The name derives from the color of the leaves of Reseda odorata , commonly known as mignonette.

  7. 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 ( talk ) 15:30, 3 March 2008 (UTC) [ reply ]

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