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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...
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    passed legislation to phase out manufacturing or importation of incandescent light bulbs for general lighting in favor of more energy-efficient alternatives...
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    first demonstration of arc lamps and the incandescent light bulb of the 19th century. Modern electric light sources come in a profusion of types and sizes...
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    The Centennial Light is an incandescent light bulb recognized as the oldest known continuously operating light bulb. It was first illuminated in 1901,...
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    mechanically more similar to a conventional lamp. Standard and halogen incandescent bulbs are much less efficient than LED and compact fluorescent lamps, and...
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    carbon- or early tungsten-filament incandescent light bulbs, or modern bulbs that reproduce their appearance. Most of the bulbs in circulation are reproductions...
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    LED lamp (redirect from LED light bulb)
    the incandescent and CFL light bulbs to more efficient LED lights in the nation. To lower the price of LED bulbs government encouraged light bulb production...
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  • a list of the longest-lasting incandescent light bulbs. The world's longest-lasting light bulb is the Centennial Light located at 4550 East Avenue, Livermore...
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    fluorescent light, energy-saving light and compact fluorescent tube, is a fluorescent lamp designed to replace an incandescent light bulb; some types...
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    countries[which?] that he was the true inventor of the practical incandescent light bulb. Göbel acquired patents for an improvement of sewing machines in...
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    product packaging).[citation needed] Light bulbs with a high CRI can be acceptable replacements for incandescent bulbs. Most LED lamps do not have a CRI...
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    Flashlight (redirect from Flash light)
    electric lamp. Formerly, the light source typically was a miniature incandescent light bulb, but these have been displaced by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) since...
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    range of bulb types can be used as grow lights, such as incandescents, fluorescent lights, high-intensity discharge lamps (HID), and light-emitting diodes...
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    Selective surfaces can also be used on solar collectors. The incandescent light bulb creates light by heating a filament to a temperature at which it emits...
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  • delivering about 85% of household illumination. To produce light, incandescent light bulbs convert electricity to heat, heating a filament to the point...
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    people of a certain group are needed to change, replace, or screw in a light bulb. Generally, the punch line answer highlights a stereotype of the target...
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    developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is the person responsible for developing and supplying the first incandescent lights used to illuminate...
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    A bubble light is a decorative device consisting of a liquid-filled vial that is heated and illuminated by an incandescent light bulb. Because of the liquid's...
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    red. Early LEDs were often used as indicator lamps, replacing small incandescent bulbs, and in seven-segment displays. Later developments produced LEDs available...
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  • international cartel that controlled the manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs in much of Europe and North America between 1925 and 1939. The...
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    since the light pollution that they generate can be easily filtered, contrary to broadband or continuous spectra. The modern incandescent light bulb, with...
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  • The Palace Theater Light, also known as the Eternal Light, is an incandescent light bulb recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the...
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    Lava lamp (redirect from Lava light)
    translucent liquid. The vessel is placed on a base containing an incandescent light bulb whose heat causes temporary reductions in the wax's density and...
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    several times the efficacy of incandescent bulbs with comparable light output (e.g. the luminous efficacy of an incandescent lamp may only be 16 lm/w). Fluorescent...
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    LED filament (category Light-emitting diodes)
    filament light bulb is a LED lamp which is designed to resemble a traditional incandescent light bulb with visible filaments for aesthetic and light distribution...
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    1909 for incandescent light bulbs. The name was used from 1909 to 1945 in the United States by GE and Westinghouse. Mazda brand light bulbs were made...
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  • 3-way lamp (redirect from 3-way bulb)
    LED 3-way bulbs have become available as well. A 3-way incandescent bulb has two filaments designed to produce different amounts of light. The two filaments...
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    huge, and growing, number of uses. The invention of a practical incandescent light bulb in the 1870s led to lighting becoming one of the first publicly...
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    Lighting (redirect from Artificial light)
    of arc lights for large space and street lighting, followed by incandescent light bulb-based utilities for indoor and outdoor lighting. Over time, electric...
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    Edison screw (ES) is a standard lightbulb socket for electric light bulbs. It was developed by Thomas Edison (1847–1931), patented in 1881, and was licensed...
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