mercury vapor lamp
61Deuterium arc lamp — A deuterium arc lamp (or simply deuterium lamp) is a low pressure gas discharge light source often used in spectroscopy when a continuous spectrum in the ultraviolet region is needed. Contents 1 Principle of operation 2 Deuterium lamp spectra 3… …
62Nernst lamp — Nernst lamp, complete, model B with cloche, DC lamp 0.5 ampere, 95 volts, by courtesy of Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit in Mannheim, Germany, (Engl.: State Museum of Technology and Labour, Mannheim) …
63Mogul lamp — A typical mogul floor lamp A mogul lamp or six way lamp is a floor lamp which has a large center light bulb surrounded by three (or four) smaller bulbs that may be candelabra style or standard medium base bulbs, each mounted base down. This… …
64fluorescent lamp — ☆ fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube n. a glass tube coated on the inside with a fluorescent substance that gives off a bright light (fluorescent light) when a vapor, usually mercury vapor, in the tube is acted upon by a stream of electrons… …
65quartz lamp — quartz′ lamp′ n. opt a lamp consisting of an ultraviolet light source, as mercury vapor, contained in a fused silica bulb that transmits ultraviolet light with little absorption • Etymology: 1920–25 …
66fluorescent lamp — noun Date: 1896 a usually tubular electric lamp having a coating of fluorescent material on its inner surface and containing mercury vapor whose bombardment by electrons from the cathode provides ultraviolet light which causes the material to… …
67quartz lamp — a lamp consisting of an ultraviolet light source, as mercury vapor, contained in a fused silica bulb that transmits ultraviolet light with little absorption. [1920 25] * * * …
68High-intensity discharge (HID) lamp — A lamp that produces light by passing electricity through gas, which causes the gas to glow. Examples of HID lamps are mercury vapor lamps, metal halide lamps, and high pressure sodium lamps. HID lamps have extremely long life and emit far more …
69mer|cu|ry-va|por lamp — «MUR kyuh ree VAY puhr», an apparatus consisting essentially of a glass or quartz discharge tube containing mercury vapor, which produces a bright greenish yellow illumination when an electric current is passed through it, used for street… …
70Tanning lamp — Tanning lamps (sometimes called tanning bulbs in the United States or tanning tubes in Europe) are the part of a tanning bed, booth or other tanning device which produces ultraviolet light responsible for tanning. While there are literally… …
