the incandescent light
31light# — light vb 1 Light, kindle, ignite, fire basically mean to set something burning or on fire. Light (see also ILLUMINATE), when it takes as its subject the agent or agency, usually implies such an end of the action as illumination {she lighted the… …
32New Jersey in the 19th century — History of New Jersey Colonial period American Revolution …
33incandescent lamp — n. a lamp in which the light is produced by a filament of conducting material contained in a vacuum and heated to incandescence by an electric current …
34Bring the Jubilee — infobox Book | name = Bring the Jubilee title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of the 1997 Ballantine Books edition author = Ward Moore illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Alternate… …
35History 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 …
36Traffic light — The traffic light, also known as traffic signal, stop light, traffic lamp, stop and go lights, robot or semaphore, is a signaling device positioned at a road intersection, pedestrian crossing, or other location. Its purpose is to indicate, using… …
37incandescent lamp — noun electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity • Syn: ↑light bulb, ↑lightbulb, ↑bulb, ↑electric light, ↑electric light bulb •… …
38light bulb — noun electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑lightbulb, ↑bulb, ↑incandescent lamp, ↑electric light,… …
39light — Synonyms and related words: ASA scale, Anschauung, British candle, Hefner candle, Mickey Mouse, Paphian, Scheiner scale, Very flare, abuse, accented, account, acquaintance, active, aerial, aeriform, aery, agile, airish, airlike, airy, alabaster,… …
40Centennial Light — The Centennial Light hanging in the Livermore, California Firehouse The Centennial Light is the world s longest lasting light bulb. It is at 4550 East Avenue, Livermore, California, and maintained by the Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department.[1]… …
