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  2. Pyrolysis - Wikipedia

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    For their first workable electric lamps, Joseph Wilson Swan and Thomas Edison used carbon filaments made by pyrolysis of cotton yarns and bamboo splinters, respectively. Pyrolysis is the reaction used to coat a preformed substrate with a layer of pyrolytic carbon. This is typically done in a fluidized bed reactor heated to 1,000–2,000 °C or ...

  3. Char cloth - Wikipedia

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    Char cloth, also called char paper, is a material with low ignition temperature, used as tinder when lighting a fire. It is the main component in a tinderbox.It is a small swatch of fabric made from a natural fibre (such as linen, cotton, jute etc.) that has been converted through pyrolysis.

  4. Julius Pintsch - Wikipedia

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    The lamps were illuminated by Pintsch gas, a long-burning oil gas that would remain lit during the rough motion of train journeys. [ citation needed ] Pintsch gas was essentially purified, compressed gas distilled from naphtha , that was regulated and reduced to 1 ⁄ 3 ounce per square inch of pressure to the burner .

  5. Aerolux Light Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Because glow discharge occurs readily at 110-120 volts AC, one could use these bulbs in standard household lamps in the United States. The phosphors used in the bulbs were somewhat brittle, necessitating care in handling. Shaking or jarring the bulbs would cause flaking and migration of the phosphors to other parts of the metallic sculpture.

  6. Yablochkov candle - Wikipedia

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    A Yablochkov candle (sometimes electric candle or Jablochkoff candle) is a type of electric carbon arc lamp, invented in 1876 by the Russian electrical engineer Pavel Yablochkov. Design [ edit ]

  7. Peter Cooper Hewitt - Wikipedia

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    Peter Cooper Hewitt (May 5, 1861 – August 25, 1921) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp in 1901. [1] Hewitt was issued U.S. patent 682,692 on September 17, 1901. [2]

  8. Pavel Yablochkov - Wikipedia

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    He went to Paris the same year where he built an industrial sample of the "electric candle" (French patent № 112024, 1876). It was in Paris that he developed his arc light idea into a complete system of electric lighting [1] powered by Zénobe Gramme direct current dynamos fitted with an inverter to supply single-phase alternating current.

  9. Alexander Lodygin - Wikipedia

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    1873–1874: He conducted experiments with electric lighting on ships, city streets, etc. 11 July 1874: He was granted the Russian patent, as patent number 1619. In 1874, the Petersburg Academy of Sciences awarded him with a Lomonosov Prize for his invention of the filament lamp. That same year, Lodygin established the Electric Lighting Company ...