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2. Mercury-vapor lamp - Wikipedia

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   A closeup of a 175-W mercury-vapor lamp. The small diagonal cylinder at the bottom of the arc tube is a resistor which supplies current to the starter electrode. A mercury-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses an electric arc through vaporized mercury to produce light. [1]

3. Luxo Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Luxo Jr. is a 1986 American animated short film produced and released by Pixar. [2] Written and directed by John Lasseter, the two-minute short film revolves around one larger and one smaller desk lamp.

4. Sconce (light fixture) - Wikipedia

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   A sconce or wall light is a decorative light fixture that is mounted to a wall. [1] The sconce is a very old form of fixture, historically used with candles and oil lamps . They can provide general room lighting, and are common in hallways and corridors, but they may be mostly decorative. [ 1 ]

5. Lava lamp - Wikipedia

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   Lava lamps An original Mathmos Astro lava lamp A lava lamp is a decorative lamp , invented in 1963 by British entrepreneur Edward Craven Walker , the founder of the lighting company Mathmos . It consists of a bolus of a special coloured wax mixture inside a glass vessel, the remainder of which contains clear or translucent liquid.

6. 50 Toy Fads That Have Driven Parents Crazy Over the Years - AOL

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   Named after Simon Says, this game was based around a bunch of repeating lights and noises in a memory challenge. That means you’re hearing those lights and noises over. And over. And over. And over.

7. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   1893 GE introduces first commercial fully enclosed carbon arc lamp. Sealed in glass globes, it lasts 100h and therefore 10 times longer than hitherto carbon arc lamps [5] [9] 1893 Nikola Tesla puts forward his ideas on high frequency and wireless electric lighting [10] [11] which included public demonstrations where he lit a Geissler tube ...