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2. Gas lighting - Wikipedia

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   Gas lighting in the historical center of Wrocław, Poland, is manually turned off and on daily.. Gas lighting is the production of artificial light from combustion of a fuel gas such as methane, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, coal gas (town gas) or natural gas.

3. Bevolo Gas and Electric Lights - Wikipedia

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   All Bevolo gas and electric lights are manufactured in the New Orleans area and fabricated by hand using antiqued copper. [1] Bevolo offers complementary design services to ensure lighting is the correct size and architecturally appropriate. [10] The company has over 500 light and bracket combinations variations and offers custom made lighting.

4. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   c. 1885 Incandescent gas mantle invented, revolutionises gas lighting. 1886 Great Barrington, Massachusetts demonstration project, a much more versatile (long-distance transmission) transformer based alternating current based indoor incandescent lighting system introduced by William Stanley, Jr. working for George Westinghouse. [6]

5. Carbide lamp - Wikipedia

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   This gas was piped to light fixtures inside the house, where it was burned, creating a very bright flame. Carbide lighting was inexpensive, but was prone to gas leaks and explosions. Early models of the automobile, car, motorbike and bicycle used carbide lamps as headlamps. Acetylene gas, derived from carbide, enabled early automobiles to drive ...

6. Mercury-vapor lamp - Wikipedia

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   A 175-watt mercury-vapor light approximately 15 seconds after starting. 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 ...

7. 9 Home Renovations That Are Always Worth the Expense ... - AOL

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   "Switching out hardware and original light fixtures are fine, but if your house has original crown molding or incredible original floors, look for ways to preserve these details so they feel ...