mercury vapor lamp
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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
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
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
Then came a piercing burst of greenish-blue light from a long tube which looked like a curious mercury vapor lamp.
From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
