| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Incandescent Lamp -- Lamp Chemistry -- Mechanisms of Lamp Failure -- Glasses of the Incandescent Lamp -- Attempts to Improve Light Diffusing Coatings -- Cheaper, Better, More Reliable Lamps -- Future of the Incandescent Lamp -- Potassium Secret Behind Modern Tungsten Wire Production -- Modern Tungsten Powder Production -- Wire Effects in Lamp Operations -- Future Outlook -- T3 Quartz Infrared Lamp -- Heat Sources -- Development of T3 Quartz Infrared Lamps -- Applications for T3 Quartz Infrared Lamps -- Tungsten Halogen Lamp -- A Brief History -- Need for Higher Efficacy/Smaller Light Sources -- Development of Tungsten Halogen Sources -- Applications -- Lamp Phosphors -- History -- A Review of Early Inorganic Phosphors -- Calcium Halophosphate Phosphors -- Quality of Light -- High Pressure Mercury Vapor Lamp Phosphors -- Ultraviolet Phosphors -- Specialized Applications -- Electroluminescent Lamps -- Future of Lamp Phosphors -- Ballast -- Functions and Features -- Construction of Electromagnetic Ballasts -- General Characteristics -- Fluorescent Lamp Ballast Circuits -- HID Lamp Ballast Circuits -- Ballasts for Mercury Vapor Lamps -- Ballasts for Metal Halide Lamps -- Ballasts for HPS Lamps -- HPS Ballast Circuits -- Electronic Ballasts for Fluorescent Lamps -- Fluorescent Lamps -- Principle and Importance -- Construction and Theory of Operation -- History -- Lamp Life -- Luminous Efficacy -- Halophosphate -- Tricolor Lamps -- Next Step: Energy-Saving Lamps. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Incandescent lamps -- History.
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Incandescent lamps. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Kane, Raymond.
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Sell, Heinz.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Revolution in lamps. 2nd ed. Lilburn, GA : Fairmont Press, ©2001 0881733512 (DLC) 00066250 (OCoLC)45375335 |
| ISBN |
0881733784 (electronic book) |
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9780881733785 (electronic book) |
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