Identifier: lightlighting07illu (find matches)
Title: Light and lighting
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Illuminating Engineering Society Association of Public Lighting Engineers (Great Britain)
Subjects: Lighting
Publisher: (London)
Contributing Library: Knox - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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atues in Leeds City Square,carrying a half-watt lamp. THE LAMP SITUATION. Readers will recall that in August,1911 (three years ago) a visit of thetechnical press to the British ThomsonHouston Lamp Works at Rugby tookplace, and Mazda drawn wire processwas first described. In addition tolamps of the ordinary kind the BritishThomson Houston Co. inform us thatduring the last year they have beenbusily engaged in the manufacture of half-watt lamps, and that these lampsare now being produced in commercialquantities at Rugby. At the present moment this informationis of considerable interest. It is statedthat The British Thomson HoustonCo. is in the fortunate position of beingable to guarantee that all its lamps,Mazda and Carbon, of every type andsize are made in Great Britain by Britishworkpeople. c2 456 THE ILLUMINATING; ENGINEER (sept.) HALF-WATT LAMPS AT LIVERPOOLSTREET STATION. The accompanying two photographs illustrate the USe Of WotSJJ halt-watt lamp-at Liverpool Street Station. Pig. 1
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I.iimihn Hnriiu Photo. Platform at Liverpool Street Station illuminatedby Wotan half-watt lamps shows a view of the main gateway,taken from inside. The lanterns contain 500 watt lain)).- and the photograph Livrs an excellent impression of thebrightly illuminated notices on the gates*Halt-watt lamps have also been veryextensively installed within th>- station,hut. being mounted in the gformerly used for the an- lamps it ispossible that the change has not beenobserved by the general public. Pig. -i- a view ct the platform >«> lighted,Down the length of this platform there arcfive lamps in all at a height t aboutSO feet above the ground, which arestated tn give about 1000 candles each.Owing to the diffusing effect of theglass the lighl i> not glaring and theplatform certainly gives the impressionMl being unusually brightly illuminated.A recent test showed that along theedge of the platform illumination valuesvarying from 0*4 1 foot-candle wererecorded. It was recentl

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