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A qulliq being lit, Nunavut, 1999. The qulliq[1] or kudlik[2] (Inuktitut: ᖁᓪᓕᖅ, romanized: qulliq, IPA: [qulːiq]; Greenlandic: qulleq; Inupiaq: naniq), is the traditional oil lamp used by many circumpolar peoples, including the Inuit, the Chukchi [3] and the Yupik peoples. [4] The fuel is seal -oil or blubber, and the lamp is made of ...
An igloo (Inuit languages: iglu, [ 1 ] Inuktitut syllabics ᐃᒡᓗ [iɣˈlu] (plural: igluitᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ [iɣluˈit])), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built of suitable snow. Although igloos are often associated with all Inuit, they were traditionally used only by the people of Canada's Central Arctic and the ...
A quinzhee or quinzee / ˈkwɪnziː / is a Canadian snow shelter made from a large pile of loose snow that is shaped, then hollowed. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is built up from blocks of hard snow, and a snow cave, constructed by digging into the snow. The word is of Athabaskan origin [1][2] and entered the English language by 1984. [3]
The Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex comprises three former igloo hangars and one associated igloo store. These structures are located on a site which had been part of the Archerfield Aerodrome during the Second World War, and each is a timber truss igloo structure with corrugated iron or ribbed metal sheet cladding.
Gobo (lighting) A decorative lighting device that projects a gobo. Components from right to left are the lamp house, the gobo itself (in this case a grid made of wires), and the focusing lens. In a theatrical unit, all three would be in an enclosure to prevent light spillage. The insert at lower right shows the pattern this device projects.
19th century. 1800–1809 Humphry Davy invents the arc lamp when using Voltaic piles (battery) for his electrolysis experiments. 1802 William Murdoch illuminates the exterior of the Soho Foundry with gas. 1805 Philips and Lee's Cotton Mill, Manchester was the first industrial factory to be fully lit by gas. 1809 Humphry Davy publicly ...
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