Any device that produces light from electricity

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Six kinds of electric light produced in tubes containing different gases. Colour aquatint (?) by M. Rapine, 1868.

Practical notes on lighting, heating and water supply, for country houses, & c. / by Arthur H. Lea.

Incandescent : we need to talk about light / Anna Levin.

Scientific illumination for schools / Holophane Limited.

Sur une ophthalmie causée par la lumière électrique : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine / presentée par Charles Nodier.

A symposium on illumination / [contributing authors, J.F. Colquhoun [and others] ; edited by C.J.W. Grieveson].

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Practical notes on lighting, heating and water supply, for country houses, & c. / by Arthur H. Lea.

Incandescent : we need to talk about light / Anna Levin.

Scientific illumination for schools / Holophane Limited.

Sur une ophthalmie causée par la lumière électrique : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine / presentée par Charles Nodier.

A symposium on illumination / [contributing authors, J.F. Colquhoun [and others] ; edited by C.J.W. Grieveson].