mercury-vapor lighting
1Mercury-vapor lamp — Mercury Lamp redirects here. For the character in the Rozen Maiden anime and manga, see Characters of Rozen Maiden. A 175 watt mercury vapor yard light approximately 15 seconds after starting …
2Mercury-arc valve — Mercury rectifier on display in Beromünster, Switzerland before being decommissioned A mercury arc valve (mercury vapor rectifier) is a type of electrical rectifier used for converting high voltage or high current alternating current (AC) into… …
3Mercury (element) — gold ← mercury → thallium Cd ↑ Hg ↓ Cn …
4Lighting — Not to be confused with lightning. For other uses, see lighting (disambiguation). Low intensity lighting and haze in a concert hall allows laser effects to be visible …
5lighting — /luy ting/, n. 1. the act of igniting or illuminating: the lighting of many candles; the annual lighting of the Christmas tree. 2. the arrangement of lights to achieve particular effects: to work out the lighting for one s living room. 3. an… …
6vapor lamp — noun 1. : a lamp burning a vapor (as of alcohol) 2. : a lamp in which an electric discharge takes place through a metallic vapor compare mercury vapor lamp * * * vapor lamp, an electric lamp that uses a vapor or gas instead of a wire filament to… …
7History of street lighting in the United States — The use of street lighting was first recorded in the Arab Empire from the 9th 10th centuries, [Fielding H. Garrison, History of Medicine :quote| The Saracens themselves were the originators not only of algebra, chemistry, and geology, but of many …
8Sodium vapor lamp — A sodium vapor lamp is a gas discharge lamp which uses sodium in an excited state to produce light. There are two varieties of such lamps: low pressure and high pressure . Low pressure sodium Low pressure sodium (LPS) lamps, also known as sodium… …
9Neon lighting — Times Square, New York City, has been famous for elaborate neon lighting displays since th …
10Gas lighting — For other uses, see Gaslight (disambiguation). Gas lighting is production of artificial light from combustion of a gaseous fuel, including hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, or natural gas. Before… …
