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2. Neon lighting - Wikipedia

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   The energy dissipation in the lamps when they are glowing is very low (about 0.1 W), [31] hence the distinguishing term cold-cathode lighting. Some of the applications of neon lamps include: [31] Pilot lamps that indicate the presence of electrical power in an appliance or instrument (e.g. an electric coffee pot or power supply).

3. Anglepoise lamp - Wikipedia

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   The lamps have been made from a variety of materials over the years, evolving from the early full steel prototypes into later models made from brass and aluminium. [14] Although the lamp is still marketed as an iconic British design, production for all lamps, except the 1227 Giant model, has been moved to China. [15]

4. Champagne Standard Lamps - Wikipedia

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   The Champagne Standard Lamps are made of copper alloy. They stand 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) high. They each comprise ten stacked champagne coupes, some of which function as ashtrays, mounted on papier-mâché trays and surmounted by light fittings. [1] The V&A considers them among "the most important examples of Surrealist lighting in Britain". [14]

5. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   1981 Thorn Lighting Group exhibits the ceramic metal-halide lamp. 1985 Osram answers with the first electronic Energy Saving Lamps to be very successful [5] 1987 Ching Wan Tang and Steven Van Slyke at Eastman Kodak create the first practical organic light-emitting diode (OLED). 1990 Michael Ury, Charles Wood, and several colleagues develop the ...

6. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings - Wikipedia

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   Directory of featured pictures Animals · Artwork · Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle · Currency · Diagrams, drawings, and maps · Engineering and technology · Food and drink · Fungi · History · Natural phenomena · People · Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment · Places · Plants · Sciences · Space · Vehicles · Other ...

7. 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.