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2. Pendant light - Wikipedia

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   Poul Henningsen, PH Lamp, 1927: pendant lamp whereby the light was emitted indirectly. A pendant light, sometimes called a drop or suspender, is a lone light fixture that hangs from the ceiling usually suspended by a cord, chain, or metal rod. [1] Pendant lights are often used in multiples, hung in a straight line over kitchen countertops and ...

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. Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs - Wikipedia

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   Announced in 2011 China has banned imports and sales of certain incandescent light bulbs since October 2012 to encourage the use of alternative lighting sources such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), with a 5-year plan of phasing-out incandescent light bulbs over 100 watts starting 1 October 2012, and gradually extend the ban to those over 15 ...

5. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   Sealed in glass globes, it lasts 100h and therefore 10 times longer than hitherto carbon arc lamps [5] [9] 1893 Nikola Tesla puts forward his ideas on high frequency and wireless electric lighting [ 10 ] [ 11 ] which included public demonstrations where he lit a Geissler tube wirelessly.

6. Even in the age of Google Earth, people still buy globes ...

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   Find a globe in your local library or classroom and try this: Close the eyes, spin it and drop a finger randomly on its curved, glossy surface. In the age of Google Earth, watches that triangulate ...

7. Centennial Light - Wikipedia

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   The pendant light at Fire Station #6 in which the bulb is installed. The Centennial Light was originally a 60- watt bulb, but has since dimmed significantly and is now as bright as a 4-watt bulb. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The hand-blown, carbon-filament common light bulb was invented by Adolphe Chaillet , a French engineer who filed a patent for this ...