HOME LIGHTING

Evening Star, Issue 19741, 16 December 1927, Page 2

HOME LIGHTING

HIGHER STANDARDS WORK OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH The tendency is still upward. Each passing year inclines the home lover to make every room in the house still brighter. This movement towards better home lighting is greatly assisted by the progress of the electric lamp and the cheapness of electricity. The modern gas-filled lamp represents a wonderful advance in efficiency. Electric light users can obtain several times more light, for the same consumption of electricity, than was possible in prewar days. The net result is that people are now enjoying the benefits of greatly improved lighting without a penny increase in their electric light bills.

Wo owe this advance to the scientific research and technical skill which have been devoted to the perfecting of the modern lamp. The most recent stages in its evolution have been the production of the white lamp and the color-sprayed lamp, both of which make for hotter and more beautiful illumination. In the white lamp the bulb is covered with a special white enamel which, makes the whole bulb glow uniformly, thus giving illumination which is brilliant, diffused and free from glare. It makes ah ideal lighting unit for all situations where the lamp is likely to come near the line of sight. In the color-sprayed lamp the enamel

is permanently dyed in various tints—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and flame tint. The flame-colored lamp reproduces the mellow and delightful light of the candle; and the other lints can be used to lend the glow of color, either simple or blended, to harmonise with the decoration of a room. In addition to these improvements in the lamp itself, many new types of shade, and fitting have been devised, each suitable for particular domestic situations. Decorative in themselves, these accessories enable the light to be diffused and distributed in the most-effective vray.