Types of lamp

light source

alt=C8 style on the left, tube style on the right|thumb|A set of modern LED flashlights

light source

light bulb that produces light using light-emitting diodes

incandescent lamp variety

thumb|Auxiliary Territorial Service|ATS officers-in-training crew a 90 cm searchlight in Western Command, 1944

light created by electrical breakdown of gas

artificial light source powered by ionized gas electric discharge

decorative lamp with container of bolus in clear liquid, which heats up at the bottom and rises before cooling and falling back to the bottom

type of artificial light

lightbulb socket that uses a threaded metal base

decorative lighting at Christmastime

acetylene-burning lamps

thumb|Blacklight fluorescent tubes. The violet glow of a blacklight is not the UV light itself, but visible light that escapes being filtered out by the filter material in the glass envelope.

thumb|upright=1.35|Diagram of a limelight burner

medical device, microscope with a light source that can be projected into a linear beam

type of mechanical fastening mechanism

type of electrode and part of cold cathode fluorescent lamp

thumb|upright|Traditional Egyptian fanous lanterns in [[Cairo, Egypt, celebrating Ramadan]]

visual signaling device for optical communication

thumbnail|Views of a liquid-crystal display, both with electroluminescent backlight switched on (top) and switched off (bottom)

Type of Electric Lighting

thumb|Fixed safelight in darkroom. thumb|An amber (light brown) safelight for use with certain black-and-white photographic papers

device which mechanically supports and provides electrical connections for a compatible electric lamp

style of table lamp

thumb|Two Turmleuchter type ceramic candle-holders—the right one replicates the design of the SS Julleuchter, itself based on an early modern candle-holder from southern Sweden.

Surgical lamp

British light fixture

lightbulb socket

lighting installation containing a solar panel and battery that automatically charges in daytime and illuminates at night

appliance to mix essential oil into air

special lighting in mosque exteriors, especially during Ramazan

light bulb

thumb|right|A Tizio desk lamp Tizio is a desk lamp created by Richard Sapper for Artemide in 1972. It was selected for the Compasso d'Oro industrial design award in 1979. An item of it is part of the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and of the Museum of Modern Art.

thumb|Nilavilakku lamp from Kerala. thumb|Seal of Chola Dynasty with two lamps, fish and tiger, 10th century. thumb|Lamp depicted on relief, 300–200 BCE. thumb|Nilavilakku

lamps traditionally burning clarified yak butter

type of lighting

lamp model

automatic controlled acetylene gas lighthouse

A cheongsachorong () is a traditional Korean lantern. It is typically made by joining red and blue silk shades and hanging a candle inside the body. The two colors are said to represent yin and yang. The blue part typically represents freedom, justice, perseverance, loyalty, peace, and stability. While the red part stands for courage and bravery.

type of oil lamp found in India

ultraviolet source

lamp used to illuminate obscure places and able to handle moderate abuse

Bouillotte is an 18th-century French gambling card game of the Revolution based on Brelan, very popular during the 19th century in France and again for some years from 1830. It was also popular in America. The game is regarded as one of the games that influenced the open-card stud variation in poker. The rules continue to be printed in French gaming compendia.

thumb GravityLight was a gravity-powered lamp manufactured until 2019. It was designed by the company Deciwatt for use in developing or third-world nations, as a replacement for kerosene lamps. It uses a bag filled with rocks or earth, attached to a cord, which slowly descends similar to the weight drive in a cuckoo clock. This action was claimed to power the light for up to twenty minutes. The design never proceeded beyond a limited number of early prototypes which did not appear to be practically usable by many consumers, and the company announced a change of direction in 2020.

thumb|right|Diwali is a festival of lights; across India people celebrate it via symbolic diyas or kandils (colorful paper lanterns) as an integral part of Diwali decorations. A kindeel is a lantern. Usually made with a wooden framework and embellished with vibrant paper or cloth, a kindeel is a decorative lantern. Traditionally, during the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, these lanterns are placed in front of houses. A kindeel is called "akasha deepa," which means "lantern of the sky," and is also called "akash diwa" (sky light) in Sanskrit. It is referred to as "Nakshatra Gudu" (star-like n

glass vessels of vase shape with a wide flaring neck