BURNING DAYLIGHT.
They're "burning daylight" in London. The new method of Keon lighting produces what is said to be the best imitation of daylight yet achieved. Engineers and physicians throughout Great Britain are watching experiments now in progress with intense interest,! on the theory that this lighting plan may eventually greatly minimise eye-troubles which have been increasing under modern living conditions. The Coliseum, of London, will be the first large public building to be equipped with Neon lights. Instead of the ordinary vacuum bulb, the Neon light is a glass tube containing Neon gas, at a pressure greatly below that of ordinary atmospheric pressure. Two metal electrodes are placed at opposite ends of, the tube and a high-voltage alternating current is passed between them. In this instance the direct current of London is converted into an alternating current by a rotary converter. Neon is one of the "dead pases," making up a slight proportion of the atmosphere. I
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 169, 18 July 1924, Page 6
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