mercury vapor lamp
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A person's face looks ghastly by the greenish light of a mercury-vapor lamp.
From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)
At night a large mercury-vapor lamp in the center of the room, supplemented by a number of well-placed incandescent electric lights, gives ample illumination.
From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Benedict, Francis Gano
A red postage stamp looks greenish gray in the green light of a mercury-vapor lamp.
From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)
In ordinary photographic printing tungsten lamps are widely used, but in blue-printing the white flame-arc and the mercury-vapor lamp are generally employed.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
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