Revolution in Lamps: A Chronicle of 50 Years of Progress, Second Edition

by Raymond Kane, Heinz Sell

Overview

Written for designers, engineers, architects and others involved with application of modern lamps and lighting systems, this book provides a comprehensive accounting of current lamp technologies, covering both the fundamental technologies on which they are based and trends in their use, both historical and current. You'll learn about how recent innovations such as those involving LEDs, electrodeless lamps, ballast and circuitry are continuing to improve lamp efficacy, as well as how specialised lamp requirements have fostered development of special-purpose lighting such as for non-visual, for health and for high performance applications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788770046046
Publisher:	River Publishers
Publication date:	10/21/2024
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Raymond Kane, Heinz Sell.

Table of Contents

The Incandescent Lamp, The Potassium Secret Behind Modern Tungsten Wire production, The T3 Quartz Infrared Lamp, The Tungsten Halogen Lamp, Lamp Phosphors, The Ballast, Fluorescent Lamps, Mercury and Metal Halide Lamps, The High Pressure Sodium Lamp.

Editorial Reviews

Not changing fashions in shades and bases, nor such phenomena as lava lights, but the electronic and physical design of various light sources is the concern of the engineers here. For designers, engineers, architects, and general readers with some background in science, they look at developments since the end of world War II in the potassium secret behind modern tungsten wire production, the T3 quartz infrared lamp, the tungsten halogen lamp, lamp phosphors, the ballast, fluorescent lamps, mercury and metal halide lamps, and the high pressure sodium lamp. No date is mentioned for the first edition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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