Natural/prehistoric light sources: Prism splitting light Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific setting, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength. ... Jump to: navigation, search Architect lamps Dark lighting in a concert hall allow laser effects to be visible In the 2005 Classical Spectacular performance, a state-of-the-art lighting system was used to accompany the music Lighting refers to the devices or techniques used for illumination, usually referring to...

Bioluminescence | Celestial objects | Lightning Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical energy is converted to light energy. ... See also Lists of astronomical objects Categories: Astronomical objects ... Jump to: navigation, search Lightning over Pentagon City in Arlington County, Virginia Cloud to cloud lightning Lightning is a powerful natural electrostatic discharge produced during a thunderstorm. ...

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Combustion-based light sources: Combustion or burning is an exothermic reaction between a substance (the fuel) and a gas (the oxidizer), usually O2, to release heat. ...

Acetylene/Carbide lamps | Candles | Davy lamps | Fire | Gas lighting | Kerosene lamps | Lanterns | Limelights | Oil lamps | Rushlights Carbide lamps (acetylene lamps) are simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene by reacting calcium carbide with water. ... A lit candle. ... The Davy lamp is a safety lamp devised in 1815 by Humphry Davy. ... Jump to: navigation, search A large bonfire Fire is a form of combustion. ... Gas lighting is the process of burning piped natural gas or coal gas for illumination. ... A kerosene lamp, widely known in Britain as a paraffin lamp, is any type of lighting device which uses kerosene (paraffin) as a fuel. ... Stone lantern A lantern is a portable lighting device used to illuminate broad areas. ... Limelight is a type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls. ... Antique bronze oil lamp with Christian symbol (replica) Antique Greek oil lamp (replica) An oil lamp is a device used for lighting or for preserving a flame that is fueled by animal, vegetable or mineral oil. ... A Rushlight is a type of candle formed using the dried pith of the rush plant as its wick. ...

Nuclear/direct chemical light sources: In nuclear physics, a nuclear reaction is a process in which two nuclei or nuclear particles collide, to produce products different to the initial products. ...

Betalights/Trasers | Chemoluminescence (Lightsticks) A betalight is an artificial light source powered by the radioactive decay of tritium (3H) gas. ... Traser is the generic name for glass tubes with a phosphor layer in them and Tritium (a Hydrogen isotope) gas inside the tube. ... Lightsticks Chemoluminescence (sometimes chemiluminescence) is the emission of light (luminescence) as the result of a chemical reaction. ... Three types of lightsticks in five colours A lightstick, also called a glowstick, is a transparent plastic tube which contains chemical fluids held apart in two compartments. ...

Electric light sources: Jump to: navigation, search Electricity is a general term applied to phenomena involving a fundamental property of matter called an electric charge. ...

Arc lamps | Incandescent light bulbs | Fluorescent lamps The 300,000-watt Plasma Arc Lamp in the Infrared Processing Center (IPC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory An arc lamp is a device that produces light by the sparking (or arcing, from voltaic arc or electric arc) of a high current between two carbon rod electrodes. ... Jump to: navigation, search An incandescent light bulb and its glowing filament. ... Jump to: navigation, search A compact fluorescent lamp with an integrated electronic ballast A fluorescent lamp is a type of lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor in argon or neon gas, resulting in a plasma that produces short-wave ultraviolet light. ...

High-intensity discharge light sources: Jump to: navigation, search High-intensity discharge (HID) lamps include the types of electrical lights: mercury vapor, metal halide, high-pressure sodium and less common, xenon short-arc lamps. ...

Ceramic Discharge Metal Halide lamps | HMI lamps | Mercury-vapor lamps | Metal halide lamps | Sodium vapor lamps | Xenon arc lamps Ceramic Discharge Metal Halide lamps are a relativly new source of light that is a variation of the Mercury-vapor lamp. ... Hydrargyrum Medium-Arc Iodide, frequently called just HMI is a mercury-halide discharge short arc lamp with a color temperature of approximately 5600K. The name is derived from Hydrargyrum, an archaic term for mercury while Iodide indicates that iodine is the halogen used to form the active compound. ... A Mercury-vapor lamp is a gas discharge lamp which uses mercury in an excited state to produce light. ... Jump to: navigation, search Metal halide lamps are similar to mercury vapor lamps, but instead of just mercury, they also contain sodium/scandium iodide and sometimes metals in the rare earth period combined with halogens in the halogen group of the periodic table. ... Jump to: navigation, search A sodium vapor lamp is a gas discharge lamp which uses sodium in an excited state to produce light. ... Xenon arc lamps are a source of artificial light. ...

Other electric light sources:

Electroluminescent (EL) lamps | Globar | Inductive lighting | LEDs | Neon and argon lamps | Nernst lamp | Sulfur lamp | Xenon flash lamps | Yablochkov candles Electroluminescence is an optical phenomenon and electrical phenomenon where a material such as a natural blue diamond emits light when an electric current is passed through it. ... In contrast with all other electrical lamps that use electrical connections through the lamp envelope to transfer electrical power to the lamp, in electrodeless lamps the power needed to generate light is transferred from the outside of the lamp envelope by means of (electro)magnetic fields. ... Red, pure green, and blue LEDs. ... Lighting neon lamp, two 220/230 Volt and 110 V neon lamps and a screwdriver with neon lamp inside A neon lamp is a gas discharge lamp containing neon gas (or in types with different colors also other noble gas) at low pressure. ... Jump to: navigation, search Nernst lamp, complete, model B with cloche, DC-lamp 0,5 amp, 95 Volt, by courtesy of Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit in Mannheim, Germany, (Engl. ... In contrast with all other electrical lamps that use electrical connections through the lamp envelope to transfer electrical power to the lamp, in electrodeless lamps the power needed to generate light is transferred from the outside of the lamp envelope by means of (electro)magnetic fields. ... Xenon flash lamp being fired. ... A Yablochkov candle (sometimes electric candle) is a type of electric carbon arc lamp, invented in 1876 by Pavel Yablochkov. ...