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HPS Lamp Prototype from 1960s
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The HPS lamp was invented in 1964 by General Electric. Here is one of the first few prototypes saved from the GE Research Lab. It may be the only surviving prototype of its...
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History of Consumer Fluorescent Lamps
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Rick DeLair shows us types of fluorescent lamps and when they arrived on the market. Straight tubes, Circline, CFL, Cold Cathode, and more. This video is a lecture excerpt ...
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Ned Landon on GE and Semiconductors
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Excerpt from interview with GE publicist Ned Landon on the 1950s during which silicon was discovered as a replacement for germanium. Also discussion of Guy Suits, Miles Mar...
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Tube Radio with Air Capacitor
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See the inside of this old tube radio which will works, it uses vacuum tubes, air capacitor for tuning, induction coils, speaker, audio transformer and filament transformer...
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History of Electric Christmas Tree Lights
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Lighting collector Rick DeLair shows us his antique Christmas lights starting with 1916 edison lights and ending with 1940s and neon decorative lights. These lights are on ...
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The Metal Halide Lamp (MH)
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How it works, Inventors, all about the lamp. Has the best bright white light for sporting events and big arenas, areas, etc. Invented by Charles P. Steinmetz in 1912 this l...
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Incandescent Bulb Blackening
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Animated graphic of tungsten filament evaporating and depositing on the glass bulb. Tungsten filament breaks when enough atoms evaporate off of it. Bulb blackening was the ...
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How Electroluminescent Lamps Work
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Motion diagrams, basic description of how EL lamps work using a phosphor in between to conductive flat surfaces such as Indium tin and a metal. The device acts like a capac...
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The Mercury Vapor Lamp 1901
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How it works, Inventors, Uses. Learn about this popular light invented in 1901 by Peter Cooper Hewitt. See diagrams on how it works using an electric arc through a vaporize...
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The Carbon Arc Lamp 1800
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The first electric light: inventors, history, how it works. From Volta to Sperry the development of the arc lamp. The carbon arc lamp is a HID - High Intensity Discharge la...
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