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  2. Joseph Hinks - Wikipedia

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    With his father, James Hinks, he patented improvements to oil lamps, marketing the resultant Duplex lamp. Joseph was born in 1840 in Birmingham, the son of James Hinks, the lamp manufacturer. His father's career was very varied until he hit upon lamp making, and at the time of Joseph's baptism in 1844 was a licensed victualler. [1] [2]

  3. Miller and Sons (London, Piccadilly) - Wikipedia

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    The company of Miller and Sons, based at 179 Picadilly was founded prior to 1835, [2] possibly in the 1820s as a successor to F Glossop. George Alexander Miller who was involved in the business was awarded patent 6551 in 1834 for an improved arrangement of wicks in an Argand lamp . [ 3 ]

  4. James Hinks (manufacturer) - Wikipedia

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    James' son, Joseph, worked for his father from about the time he was 17 and by 1861 he was recorded as a manufacturer in the same terms as his father. [14] [15] By 1862 the business was called James Hinks and Son. A patent was granted to James Hinks in 1863 for "improvements in lamps", and there were subsequent design improvements.

  5. Oil lamp - Wikipedia

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    Byzantine oil lamp: The upper parts and their handles are covered with braided patterns. All are made of a dark orange-red clay. A rounded bottom with a distinct X or cross appears inside the circled base. [17] Early Islamic oil lamp: Large knob handle and the channel above the nozzle are the dominant elements of these.

  6. Moderator lamp - Wikipedia

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    A moderator lamp provides a pressurized supply of oil to the lamp wick by use of a spiral spring-loaded piston operating on a cylindrical oil reservoir. A regulating mechanism, the "moderator", compensates for the varying force of the spring as the piston descends. The moderator is a wire that runs through a tube in the center of the piston.

  7. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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    Stanley lit 23 businesses along a 4000 feet length of main street stepping a 500 AC volt current at the street down to 100 volts to power incandescent lamps at each location. [7] 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 ...

  8. Category:Oil lamp - Wikipedia

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  9. Liquid light show - Wikipedia

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    Light from a liquid light show, being projected behind a guitarist Layers of colored mineral oil and alcohol move over the projector lens and produce changing color patterns. Liquid light shows (or psychedelic light shows ) [ not verified in body ] are a form of light art that surfaced in the early 1960s as accompaniment to electronic music and ...

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