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100 1 _aAnderson, Clair Elmore,
_d1886-1942
245 1 4 _aThe Fifteen Watt Tungsten Lamp
246 1 _aThe 15 Watt Tungsten Lamp
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2015-12-02
508 _aProduced by Charlene Taylor, Carolyn Jablonski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net, in celebration of Distributed Proofreaders' 15th Anniversary (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"The Fifteen Watt Tungsten Lamp" by Clair Elmore Anderson is a scientific thesis written in the early 20th century, specifically in 1912, as part of the requirements for a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois. The book focuses on the characteristics and performance of the 15-watt tungsten lamp, comparing it with larger units, and addresses specific phenomena such as "overshooting," where the lamp briefly emits more light than its steady state. The content of the book is a detailed examination of the 15-watt tungsten lamp through various tests and analyses. Anderson discusses the lamp's life expectancy under different conditions, particularly emphasizing the results from shock tests compared to ideal operating conditions. Key findings reveal that the lamp's average life was significantly lower than expected under ideal conditions, while the shock-tested lamps performed remarkably well. The thesis also delves into the science behind the phenomenon of overshooting, providing theories and empirical data to explain why these lamps initially produce more light when powered on. The work concludes with insights into the lamp's efficiency and the variance in quality between different manufacturing sources. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aTungsten lamps -- Testing
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50588
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