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2. Holiday lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   Holiday lighting technology has been subject to considerable development and variation since the replacement of candles by electric lights. [ citation needed ] While originally used during the Christmas holidays as Christmas lights , modern electric light arrays have become popular around the world in many cultures and are used both during ...

3. Incandescent light bulb - Wikipedia

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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 ...

4. Parabolic aluminized reflector - Wikipedia

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   The size of a round PAR lamp is expressed as the nominal diameter of the mouth of the reflector, in eighths of an inch—so the approximate nominal lamp bell diameter in inches can be found by dividing the PAR size by 8. A PAR56, for example, is 56 eighths of an inch (7 inches) in diameter; a PAR36 is 36 eighths (4.5 inches) in diameter, and so on.

5. Light fixture - Wikipedia

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   A light fixture (US English), light fitting (UK English), or luminaire is an electrical lighting device containing one or more light sources, such as lamps, and all the accessory components required for its operation to provide illumination to the environment. [1] All light fixtures have a fixture body and one or more lamps.

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7. Fostoria Shade and Lamp Company - Wikipedia

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   The chimney was a glass tube placed around the lamp's flame that had a bulge at the base that kept drafts away from the flame and added extra illumination. [26] A lamp's shade was a glass object that surrounded the light source and diffused it. [27]