An incandescent light bulb, also known as an incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe, is an electric light that produces illumination by Joule heating...
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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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the first demonstrations of arc lamps and incandescent light bulbs in the 19th century. Modern electric light sources come in a profusion of types and...
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Compact fluorescent lamp (redirect from Compact fluorescent light bulb)
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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The Centennial Light is an incandescent light bulb recognized as the oldest known operating light bulb. It was first illuminated in 1901, and has only...
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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)
CFL Light Bulb (4-pack)". Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. "EcoSmart 60-Watt Equivalent Eco-Incandescent A19 Household Light Bulb (4-Pack)"...
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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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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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Halogen lamp (redirect from Tungsten-halogen light bulb)
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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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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Heinrich Göbel (section The claimed Göbel anticipation concerning Edison's incandescent light bulb patents)
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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Phoebus cartel (redirect from Light bulb cartel)
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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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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Thermal radiation (redirect from Incandescent)
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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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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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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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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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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Fluorescent lamp (redirect from Fluorescent light bulb)
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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Edison screw (redirect from Edison Bulb Size)
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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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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Matthew Evans is one of two Canadians who developed and patented an incandescent light bulb, on July 24, 1874, five years before Thomas Alva Edison's U.S....
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Lightbulb joke (redirect from Light bulb jokes)
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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Electron-stimulated luminescence (redirect from ESL bulb)
standard incandescent light bulb. Claimed lifetime can be as long as 10,000 hours which is more than ten times that of a standard incandescent light bulb. Unlike...
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use. Fixture manufacturing began soon after production of the incandescent light bulb.[citation needed] When practical uses of fluorescent lighting were...
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Joseph Swan (section Electric light)
early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is responsible for developing the first use of incandescent lights used to illuminate homes...
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earliest models were incandescent light bulbs which could dimly light an area during a blackout and perhaps provide enough light to solve the power problem...
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for a lamp socket and a light bulb; both were applied for while he was associated with Shelby Electric. Chaillet's light-bulb design involved flattening...
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High-CRI LED lighting (redirect from High CRI LED Light Bulbs)
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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