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A street light, light pole, lamp pole, lamppost, streetlamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path. Similar lights may be found on a railway platform .
Argand lamps were manufactured in a great variety of decorative forms and quickly became popular in America. [5] They were much used as theatrical footlights. [6] It was the lamp of choice until about 1850 when kerosene lamps were introduced.
The early form of hanging lighting devices in religious buildings may be of considerable size. Huge hanging lamps in Hagia Sophia were described by Paul the Silentiary in 563: [21] "And beneath each chain he has caused to be fitted silver discs, hanging circle-wise in the air, round the space in the center of the church. Thus these discs ...
Table lamp fixtures, standard lamp fixtures, and office task light luminaires. Balanced-arm lamp is a spot light with an adjustable arm such as anglepoise, RAMUN or Luxo L1. Gooseneck (fixture) Nightlight; Floor Lamp Torch lamp or torchières are floor lamps with an upward-facing shade. They provide general lighting to the rest of the room.
The base, usually rounded or hexagonal, and absent in a buried lantern (see below). Kidan (基壇, lit. ' base platform ') [6] A variously shaped slab of rock sometimes present under the base. The lantern's structure is meant to symbolize the five elements of Buddhist cosmology. With the sole exception of the fire box, any parts may be absent.
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.
Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, shops and associated structures. The others include a church with items in and around the churchyard, former schools, a former hotel and public house, a commemorative stone, farmhouses and farm buildings, a village lock-up, two windmills, a decorative lamp post, and a war memorial.