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Diagram showing the major parts of a modern incandescent light bulb. ==Caption== #Glass bulb #Inert gas #Tungsten filament #Contact wire (goes to foot) #Contact wire (goes to base) #Supper wires #Glass mount/support #Base contact wire #Screw threads #Ins
Diagram showing the major parts of a modern incandescent light bulb. This version has none of the parts labeled. For a version with labels, see Image:Incandescent light bulb.svg
He turned to a colleague, APC engineer Dan Clinton, to create the first drawings of Reddy Kilowatt, an “electrical servant” with lightning bolt arms and legs, wearing safety gloves and shoes. He added a friendly face with a light bulb nose and wall outlets for ears. [3] APC copyrighted the character on March 6, 1926.
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An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a filament that is heated until it glows. The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb that is either evacuated or filled with inert gas to protect the filament from oxidation. Electric current is supplied to the filament by terminals or wires ...
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The pendant light at Fire Station #6 in which the bulb is installed. The Centennial Light was originally a 60-watt bulb, but has since dimmed significantly and is now as bright as a 4-watt bulb. [7] [8] [9] The hand-blown, carbon-filament common light bulb was invented by Adolphe Chaillet, a French engineer who filed a patent for this socket ...