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2. Holiday lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   These bulbs tend to be transparent white or colors, and are often ornately designed with crystal-like patterns. Later bulbs called C 7 + 1 ⁄ 2, have diameters of seven and a half 1/8th inches (15 ⁄ 16 in, or 24 mm) using an E12 candelabra base; however, these have a blunt shape (and should therefore be called B 7 + 1 ⁄ 2, or B24).

3. Edison screw - Wikipedia

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   230- volt incandescent light bulb with E27 screw base. Edison screw (ES) is a standard lightbulb socket for electric light bulbs. It was developed by Thomas Edison (1847–1931), patented in 1881, [1] and was licensed in 1909 under General Electric's Mazda trademark. The bulbs have right-hand threaded metal bases (caps) which screw into ...

4. Edison light bulb - Wikipedia

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   Edison light bulb. Edison light bulbs, also known as filament light bulbs and retroactively referred to as antique light bulbs or vintage light bulbs, are either carbon- or early tungsten -filament incandescent light bulbs, or modern bulbs that reproduce their appearance. Most of the bulbs in circulation are reproductions of the wound filament ...

5. A-series light bulb - Wikipedia

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   A-series light bulb. The A-series light bulb is the "classic" glass light bulb shape that has been the most commonly used type for general lighting service (GLS) applications since the early 20th century. It has a pear-like shape and is typically fitted to either an Edison screw or a bayonet cap base. The number that follows the "A" designation ...

6. Lightbulb socket - Wikipedia

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   Lightbulb socket. A lightbulb socket, lightbulb holder, light socket, lamp socket or lamp holder is a device which mechanically supports and provides electrical connections for a compatible electric lamp base. [1] Sockets allow lamps to be safely and conveniently replaced (re-lamping). There are many different standards for lampholders ...

7. Incandescent light bulb - Wikipedia

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   Historians Robert Friedel and Paul Israel list inventors of incandescent lamps prior to Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison of General Electric. [4]: 91–93 They conclude that Edison's version was the first practical implementation, able to outstrip the others because of a combination of four factors: an effective incandescent material; a vacuum higher than other implementations which was achieved ...