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mercury vapor lamp

[mur-kyuh-ree-vay-per] / ˈmɜr kjə riˌveɪ pər /
NOUN
mercury vapor light
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Among her favorite pieces are those derived from medical quackery, such as a mercury vapor lamp that could purportedly give you a tan, cure baldness and clear up diaper rash.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

Light from a 200-watt mercury vapor lamp was focused on a diffraction grating, which, like a prism, broke up the beam into its constituent rainbow of colors, its separate wave lengths of light.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rich and unorthodox in his methods, he invented the widely-used mercury vapor lamp, discovered the basic principle of the vacuum-tube amplifier, made many an other prime contribution to electricity and radio.

From Time Magazine Archive

The invisible ink used comes to view only under the light of a mercury vapor lamp.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cooper Hewitt mercury vapor lamp is a tube filled with the vapor of mercury, and a current is sent throughp.

From Electricity for Boys by James Slough Zerbe


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