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Lamp (179 bytes)
1: # Lamp: See [[Lighting]].
2: # [[LAMP]]: '''''L'''inux, '''A'''pache, '''M'''ySQL, ['''...

LAMP (3450 bytes)
1: ...cle is about "LAMP" as an acronym; for the word [[lamp]], see [[lighting]].''
3: '''LAMP''' is an [[acronym]] for a set of [[free software...
11: The '''LAMP stack''' has its origins in the [[Common_Gateway_...
13: ...e IT world's love of acronyms, Kunze came up with LAMP as a marketing measure to popularize the use of f...
15: ...of its marketing efforts on the popularity of the LAMP stack. Other projects and vendors came up with va...

Neon lamp (2863 bytes)
1: ...istinguish between AC and DC sources using a neon lamp and to distinguish the polarity of DC sources.
3: ... in the early development of [[television]], neon lamps were used as the light source in many [[Mechanic...
5: ...e, and other firms made special extra-stable neon lamps for electronic uses. They even devised digital ...
7: ...ly used to limit the current flow. For sign-sized lamps, the high voltage [[transformer]] usually limits...
9: ...ost operating characteristics remain similar, the lamps light with a bluish glow (including some [[ultra...

Lava lamp (4231 bytes)
1: [[image:lava lamp.jpg|right|Lava lamp]]
3: A '''lava lamp''' is kind of [[lamp]] typically used more for [[decoration]] than ill...
7: ...lic coil. The container sits on top of the actual lamp, which heats the metal coil (now resting at the b...
11: The lamp heats the container at the bottom, and due to [[t...
13: ...e movement of the wax unpredictable -- hence lava lamps can aid in the generation of [[one-time pad]]s f...

The Blue Lamp (1349 bytes)
1: '''The Blue Lamp''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] crime film rel...
3: The title of the film refers to the blue lamp which traditionally hung outside British [[police...

Slit lamp (2912 bytes)
1: The slit-lamp examination looks at structures that are at the f...
3: The slit-lamp is an instrument used with a high-intensity light...
34: The slit lamp exam may detect many diseases of the eye, includi...

Plasma lamp (1768 bytes)
2: '''Plasma lamps''' are [[novelty item]]s, which were most popula...
4: Although there are many variations, a plasma lamp is usually a clear glass orb with a much smaller ...
8: ...are known to not work in close proximity to these lamps.
10: See also: [[Lava lamp]]

Aldis lamp (1963 bytes)
1: ... switch or, in later versions, automatically. The lamps were usually equipped with some form of [[optica...
3: ...gency [[Electrical generator|generator]], and the lamps were powerful enough to be used during daylight ...
5: The lamp emits flashing light of varying duration, used to...
7: The Royal Navy phased out the use of Aldis lamps in [[1997]], although by that time they were lar...
13: ...com/Aldis%20lamp%20&%20Very%20pistol.htm An Aldis lamp in operation]

Sanctuary lamp (774 bytes)
1: A '''sanctuary lamp''' is a red light which is hung or displayed in t...
3: ...ter>[[Image:Sanctuarylamp.jpg]]<br>'''A sanctuary lamp in a Roman Catholic Church'''</center>

Lamp box (567 bytes)
1: [[Image:Lamp_box.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A Georgian lamp box at [[Tal-y-llyn]], [[Wales]]]]
2: ...hey were designed to be affixed to [[street light|lamp posts]], although they may equally be found embed...

Sulfur lamp (1397 bytes)
1: ...bards the lamp while a fan cooled motor spins the lamp at 3400 rpm. The microwave energy excites the ga...
3: ... low ambient temperatures and can be dimmed. The lamp emits no electric or magnetic fields and the ligh...
5: ... and [[infrared]] energy. The design life of the lamp is currently approximately 60,000 hours, however ...

Davy lamp (1221 bytes)
1: The '''Davy lamp''' is a safety lamp devised in [[1815]] by [[Humphry Davy]]. It was ...
3: ...temperature of the gas. The first trial of a Davy lamp with a wire sieve was at [[Hebburn Colliery]] on ...
5: ...in the mine, if the mine air was oxygen-poor, the lamp flame would be extinguished (chokedamp).
7: ...eorge Stephenson]] also produced a similar safety lamp in 1815.

Oil lamp (1268 bytes)
1: An '''oil lamp''' is a device used for [[light]]ing or for prese...
3: ...] (as in the tale of ''[[Aladdin]]''). "Rubbing a lamp" was a common household chore to clean and polish...
5: ...rm "oil lamp" is applied to the modern [[kerosene lamp]] as well.
7: In [[ancient Greece]] and [[ancient Rome|Rome]], lamps were fueled by [[olive oil]]; in ancient [[India...
9: ... less than a [[kerosene]] or [[paraffin]] burning lamp.

Kerosene lamp (4635 bytes)
1: ...', widely known in [[Britain]] as the '''Paraffin lamp''', is any type of lighting device which uses [[k...
2: ...different ways, the "wick lamp" and the "pressure lamp".
4: ==Wick lamp==
5: ...dle]]. This type of lamp is also known as an "Oil lamp".
6: ...p there is a small fuel tank at the bottom of the lamp. There is also a [[wick]], usually made of [[cott...

Fluorescent lamp (13566 bytes)
1: ...escentLight.jpg|300px|thumb|A compact fluorescent lamp]]
2: ...cient than conventional [[light bulb|incandescent lamp]]s because less of the [[energy]] is converted to...
5: The earliest ancestor of the fluorescent lamp is probably the device by [[Heinrich Geissler]] w...
9: ...ore lamp, a commercial [[arc lamp | gas discharge lamp]] meant to compete with the [[incandescent light ...
11: ...s to its much higher efficiency than incandescent lamps.

Arc lamp (2470 bytes)
1: ...right|thumbnail|250px|The 300,000-watt Plasma Arc Lamp in the Infrared Processing Center (IPC) at Oak Ri...
3: An '''arc lamp''' is a device that produces light by the sparkin...
5: ...0 hours) and with the introduction of ''flame arc lamps'', where the carbon rods had added salts (usuall...
7: ...by the more efficient and longer-lasting filament lamps in most roles, remaining in only certain niche m...
26: [[de:Bogenlampe]]

Xenon HID lamp (663 bytes)
1: '''Xenon HID lamps''' are the bright car headlights that have a blu...
29: *[[High-intensity discharge lamp]]

Thomson's lamp (1107 bytes)
1: '''Thomson's Lamp''' is a puzzle that is a variation on [[Zeno's pa...
3: ...switch once, the lamp turns on. Hit it again, the lamp turns off. Imagine a being able to perform the fo...
5: '''Question''': At the end of two minutes, is the lamp on or off?
7: ...tion''': Would it have made any difference if the lamp had started out being on, instead of off?

Mercury-vapor lamp (5180 bytes)
1: ...'''Mercury Vapor Lamp''' is a [[gas discharge]] [[lamp]] which uses [[Mercury (element)|mercury]] in an ...
3: ... either low- or even high-pressure [[sodium vapor lamp]]s. They also offer a very long lifetime.
5: ...y similar to the ballasts used with [[fluorescent lamp]]s.
7: ...aid is usually contained within the mercury vapor lamp itself. A third [[electrode]] is mounted near one...
9: ...t full intensity, the light from a mercury vapor lamp with no phosphors is distinctly bluish in color.

Xenon flash lamp (3834 bytes)
1: ...e:Xenon_Flash_Lamp.PNG|thumb|U-shaped Xenon Flash Lamp]]
3: ...very high [[Electrical current|current]] when the lamp is triggered.
5: ...Depending on the size and application of the flashlamp, xenon fill pressures may range from a few [[kilo...
7: ...age:nif_flashlamps.jpg|thumb|350px|right|The flashlamps used on the [[NIF]] laser are truly massive; the...
9: Discharge durations for common flashlamps are in the [[microsecond]] to a few [[millisecon...

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