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  2. Rite-Hite - Wikipedia

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    Rite-Hite Headquarters in Milwaukee Rite-Hite was founded in 1965 by Arthur K. White, the father of Rite-Hite’s current owner and chairman, Mike White. [ 3 ] The company has about 200 employees in the Milwaukee area and about 2,200 in its 100 locations worldwide.

  3. Tally light - Wikipedia

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    In a television studio, a tally light (or on air indicator) is a small signal lamp on a professional video camera or monitor. It is usually located just above the lens or on the electronic viewfinder (EVF) and communicates, for the benefit of those in front of the camera as well as the camera operator , that the camera is live (i.e. its signal ...

  4. Light switch - Wikipedia

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    Two light switches in one box. The switch on the right is a dimmer switch. The switch box is covered by a decorative plate. The first light switch employing "quick-break technology" was invented by John Henry Holmes in 1884 in the Shieldfield district of Newcastle upon Tyne. [1]

  5. Telescopic sight - Wikipedia

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    If the cone of light streaming out of the eyepiece is larger than the pupil it is going into, any light shining outside the pupil is considered "wasted" in terms of providing visual information. However, a larger exit pupil makes it easier to put the eye where it can receive the light: anywhere in the large exit pupil cone of light will do.

  6. Crime-lite - Wikipedia

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    The Crime-lite is a handheld, high-intensity alternative light source used primarily by forensic investigators [1] to detect evidence such as fingerprints, bodily fluids and latent evidence from crime scenes. The Crime-lite was one of the first commercially available alternative light sources to benefit from LED technology.

  7. 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.

  8. Light valve - Wikipedia

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    A light valve (LV) is a device for varying the quantity of light, from a source, which reaches a target. Examples of targets are computer screen surfaces, or a wall screen in the case of a light projector. There are two basic principles of achieving this. One is by deflecting the light on its way to the target (a reflective LV).

  9. Courtesy lights - Wikipedia

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    Courtesy lights are used to request right-of-way primarily by volunteer or on-call firefighters, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and other first responders to expedite their response in their privately owned vehicles to their firehouse, base, or directly to the scene of an emergency call.