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2. Toleware - Wikipedia

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   Toleware coffee pot, circa 1940. The term tôle, derived from the French tôle peinte, "painted sheet metal", is synonymous in English usage with japanning on tin, [1] such as the tôle shades for bouillotte lamps and other candle shades, and trays and lidded canisters, in which stenciling and gilding often features, almost always on a black ground.

3. Mogul lamp - Wikipedia

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   Compact fluorescent mogul-base bulbs are also available, as are adaptors to allow medium-base bulbs to be used in mogul sockets. There are usually two three-way switches near the top of the floor lamp to operate the bulbs. One controls the three-way center bulb, and the other turns on one, two, or all three (or four) of the peripheral bulbs.

4. Lampshade - Wikipedia

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   Two modern electric lamps with lampshades. A lampshade is a fixture that envelops the light bulb to redirect the light it emits. The shade is often affixed onto a light fixture to reduce the intensity of the light to observers, shield the light from a harsh environment, or for decoration by altering the color or creating shadows.

5. Metal-halide lamp - Wikipedia

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   A metal-halide lamp is an electrical lamp that produces light by an electric arc through a gaseous mixture of vaporized mercury and metal halides [1] [2] (compounds of metals with bromine or iodine). It is a type of high-intensity discharge (HID) gas discharge lamp . [ 1 ]

6. Tilley lamp - Wikipedia

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   The Tilley lamp is a kerosene pressure lamp. History. In 1813, John Tilley invented the hydro-pneumatic blowpipe. [3]

7. Light fixture - Wikipedia

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   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.