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OF MERCURY VAPOUR LAMPS
In the summer of 1906 there appeared a paper on light generation by means of an electric discharge in mercury vapour under high pressure.
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The particular feature of this new high- pressure mercury-vapour lamp was that produced light with a luminous efficiency of approx. 50 lumens per watt, whereas the gas discharged of low pressure and the incandescent lamps known hitherto, did not go beyond a few lumens per watt.
The emission of the high- also be used for lighting offices, pressure mercury-vapour lamp meeting halla and other contain a high proportion of business rooms where u
high ultra-violet radiation; at Arst level of Illumination is desired. the lamps were therefore chiefly used for medleni "Kun-ray" lamps.
purposes, as For medical purposes (50- lamps) use la made of high- The position remained 10-pressure mercury-vapour lamps changed for the first 25 years; without outer bulb, the "Biosol" hardly any modification was lamp; these are
equipped with made to the shape of the lamp either. In the following 25 years, however, an interisive development took place which has led to a great variety of lamp types,
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a choke coll as current limiter, The M.L.U. lamps, on the other hand, in which a flament is used as current limiter, do have wn outer bulb, but one which passes the ultra-violel The development started Inside of this outer bulb is with the introduction of the partly mirrored to concentrate oxide cathode and the addition the beneñelal radialim. of rare gaa to the mercury vapour. Ignition of the lamp was thus made simpler and it could even be made to ignite from the ordinary
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lighting As analysing lamp for detect- mains of 220 volls, so that it ing all kinds of forgeries could be used for street high-pressure mercury-vapour lighting.
lamp is used with an outer bulb which does not pars the visible light but only the long-wave ultra-violel. These
HPW lamps also create very beautiful fluorescent effects on the theatre stage, in shopwindows and for advertising purposes.
After Phillips hod succeeded wires melting tungsten vacuum-tight in silica by means of an intermediate glass" sanal high-pressure
mercury-
Finally there are high- vapour lamp was constructed, in which the discharge took place pressure lamps for photo-
small skica
printing and, fürthermore, some tube capillary form. This tube was special types of lamps with cooled with water and in this built-in reflector. These more
high-pressure,
lamps,
in "
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Lamps of this kind which, among other purposes, are used in cinema projectors, have o very great brightness,
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Ex- perimentally, it is even possible to make lamps with a bright- ness greater than that of the For general lighting pur- past, for which water cooling would be far too complicated, the interior of an outer bulb of the sume shape that of an ordinary incandescent lamp. was filled with a discharge tube, inside which, when the lamp Is burning, Balibary
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In order to utilise also the ultra-violet radiation emitted by the discharge tube, the
inner wall of the outer kulb is covered with a thin layer of Buorescent powder
which converts the ultra-violet rudiation Into visible light.
.Due to intensive research, fluorescent substances have been found which improved the colour rendering of the high-pressurr mercury-vapour
to suck an extent that the lamp became eminently suitable for street lighting.
mercury-
The high-pressure vapour lamp olways requires a current limiter, Sometimes
a
choke coll is used for this pur pose, in other cases, it is Alament atted in the which keeps the current within certain limits.
lamp
The amount of light supplied by the incandescent Alament improves the colour rendering of the lamp to such an extent that these "M.L," lamps
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The China Mail Music Critic Writes On Friday's Concert
That
Concerto
Again Please!
THE second of the Music Society's
concerts with Mr Ruggiero Ricci as soloist was given in the University Loke Yew Hall on Friday night, to a packed audience.
This was the much-looked-sweet_tone were in excellent forward-to event when Mr Ricci accort. Though the individumă played the Beethoven Violins players of the Orchestra wire Concerto, with the Sino-British obviously revelling in the co- Orchestra, and not only that, but joyment of accompanying these he and Professor Fen gave the two tine pinyers in one of Bach's Bach Double Concerto for two nobleat works, violing and orchestra.
the Orchestra was a little uncertain at times, On former occasions when the and seemed to be not quito in- Orchestra has played with a tegrated. first-rate musician of intere
national fame, it has been very much "on is toes" and ready to give of its best, and last Friday, with the Inspiration of Mr Ricci
once indeed,
FULL & BALANCED
DEPTH & CONFIDENCE
In Beethoven's Violin Con certo, however, it was a differ and some musle which was fresh
cut matter, From the opening and unfamiliar from the point of four drum beats, the Orchestra view of the players, the Orches-
played with depth anĆ com tra put up a very good perform-fidence. Apart from slight over-balancing of the lower strings by the upper sections, BMI o few uncertainties from the hors at the beginning of of Mr Ricel's remarkable per- the second movement, this was formances, inore later, Tho a very creditable and musician- Orchestra opened the concertly performance, and one of with Mozarth "Figaro" Over- which the Sino-British Music ture, and from the beginning its Group can well be proud. Lone was full and balanced, it The Orchestra has come A played with the lightness and long way since its foundation gafely uppropriate to this love by a few enthusiaste some ten liest of Mozart's overtures, and years ago, Hongkong now has
timing and entries weTO aceurato and crisp.
The Bach Double Concerto followed, and it was good to see Professor Foa In the role of violinis again.
Dr Bard took over as conductor with quiet efficiency, and Mra Moya Rea moved into the leader's deak.
the
Mr Ricel and Professor Foa combined to give a spirited and vigorous rendering of the Con- certo, though there was a certain roughness, especially in the first and last movements, and F lack of the polish which was 1 characteristic of the
un-
Although it employs only a narrow portion of the spectrum accompanied Buch heard Inter.
with The second movement, it permits a wider use of signals Its
expressive lyrical themes, and economises in the use of was beautifully
Mr given; already crowded radio frequen-Ricci's full and robust tone and cles,
Fou's thinner
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are satisfied
Turning to Mr Ricel's fine performance of the Beethoven, it was a dynamic, brilliant and "growing" interpretation. I use this latter word in the ochec that one feels this is not the ultimate, not the greatest per. formance of which will be capable.
to be
He seems up, ant within
Mr Ricci
building 11 a fow
years, will have achieved just what he is seeking to make it perfect from his own point of view. Technically it is already almost perfect, and full of five- liness with a truly musical understanding to the last detail, The Cadotiza by Kreisler was masterpiece of virtuosity, especially the amazing double- stopping. man,
In the last move- Mr Ricel and the orchestra were at their best together, in complete accord in every way, and the swift and sudden end- ing was strong and clean. UNFORGETTABLE
In response to a great ovation, Mr Ricci gove
in enodre, a Practudium by Bach, usually played by the organ or arranged for orchestra; but this was the real unaccompanied Bach ani Mr Hitel was superb in it; some- how the decried more UT trammeled than when playing the Double Concerto.
I think that looking back oven Ricci's two concerts so far, the
Kems outstanding
in (sch have been the unaccompanies works of Bach. These will be unforgettable, while the Boothio- ven and other works, though very flhe performances, will be Iess outstanding in the memory. Mr Ricel will be giving one mary recital in the Loke” Yew Hall with Mrs Rea as aLCOM- panist, on Thursday, July 4 Could this recital Inclide A repeat performance of the Beethoven Concerto with the Sho-British Orchestra?
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Hongkong All events, audiences will be delighted to havo
another opportunity t hear
this splendid violinist musicianship, technical prowess and pleasing personality have made la vist herc memorable.
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