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    Gas lighting is the production of artificial light from combustion of a fuel gas such as methane, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, hydrogen, carbon...
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    One of the husband's tricks is to secretly dim and brighten the indoor gas lighting, insisting his wife is imagining it. The gerund form gaslighting does...
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    Neon lighting consists of brightly glowing, electrified glass tubes or bulbs that contain rarefied neon or other gases. Neon lights are a type of cold...
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    half centuries before LED lighting emerged as the new "gold standard", cities and towns across America relied on oil, coal gas, carbon arc, incandescent...
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    Street light (redirect from Street lighting)
    outside in a public display of gas lighting, the lights astonishing the local population. The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall...
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    1859, when crude oil was discovered and the petroleum industry arose. Gas lighting was economical enough to power street lights in major cities starting...
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  • the United Kingdom and Australia—almost all gas for fuel and lighting was manufactured from coal. Town gas was supplied to households via municipally owned...
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    wicks. 1792 William Murdoch begins experimenting with gas lighting and probably produced the first gas light in this year. 1800 French watchmaker Bernard...
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    throughout Europe. The gas mantle remained an important part of street lighting until the widespread introduction of electric lighting in the early 1900s...
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    carbide lamp, gas lighting, kerosene lamp, oil lamp, rush light, torch, candle, Limelight, gas mantle Safety lamps: Davy lamp and Geordie lamp Gas-discharge...
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    lamp that is the gas-discharge lamp in street lighting. In operation, some of the electrons are forced to leave the atoms of the gas near the anode by...
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    external dimmers. DJ lighting Gas lighting High-key lighting Low-key lighting Tree lights [1][permanent dead link‍], Stage Lighting Design Principle and...
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    In 1895, Willson sold his patent to Union Carbide. Domestic lighting with acetylene gas was introduced circa 1894 and bicycle lamps from 1896. In France...
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    manufactured gas in the early 19th century was for gas lighting, as a convenient substitute for candles and oil lamps in the home. Gas lighting became the...
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    commercial lighting, for portable lighting such as table lamps, car headlamps, and flashlights, and for decorative and advertising lighting. Incandescent...
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    California Gas Company, installed 43 new gas lamps along Main Street. The gas lighting business was run by five entrepreneurs who manufactured the gas from...
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  • Electric lighting Emergency lighting Excessive lighting (light pollution) Fluorescent lighting Fusion lighting Gas lighting Incandescent lighting Landscape...
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    Minckelers had already published on coal gasification and gas lighting in 1784, and had used gas to light his auditorium at the University of Leuven from...
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    Lamplighter (category Street lighting)
    and gas lighting. Public street lighting was developed in the 16th century. During this time, lamplighters toured public streets at dusk, lighting outdoor...
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    well as in vehicles. Before electric lighting became common in the early 20th century, people used candles, gas lights, oil lamps, and fires. In 1799–1800...
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  • water gas process by which large amounts of hydrogen gas could be generated for residential and commercial use in heating and lighting. This gas provided...
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  • urbanized region lit by or formerly lit by gas lighting using gas lamps for street lighting lamps. Gaslight District or gas-light district may also refer to: Gaslight...
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    manufactured gas was introduced to the United States for lighting. Larger American cities in the east built gasworks, but the west had no gas industry. San...
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  • source Gas lighting – Type of artificial light Gas mantle – Device for generating bright light when heated by a flame Kerosene lamp – Type of lighting device...
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    excessive artificial lighting. In a descriptive sense, the term light pollution refers to the effects of any poorly implemented lighting sources, during the...
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    Strobe light (redirect from Strobe lighting)
    Other applications are in alarm systems, emergency vehicle lighting, theatrical lighting (most notably to simulate lightning), and as high-visibility...
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    into a gas chamber. Vapor from the chamber burns, heating a mantle to incandescence and providing heat. Kerosene lamps are widely used for lighting in rural...
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    A mercury-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses an electric arc through vaporized mercury to produce light. The arc discharge is generally confined...
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    Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he worked to improve the water supply, bring gas lighting to streets and enforce liquor and prostitution laws. He was instrumental...
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  • Accent lighting focuses light on a particular area or object. It is often used to highlight art or other artifacts. Common types of accent lights include...
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