Flashlight
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A flashlight or electric torch, usually shortened to torch, is a portable hand-held electric lamp. Formerly, the light source typically was a miniature incandescent light bulb, but these have been dis
A set of modern LED flashlights
The 1899 flashlight was a fiber tube with brass end caps and bulls-eye glass lens at one end.
January 1899 Ever-Ready flashlight ad mentioning the proceedings against the alleged patent-infringing rival companies
Miniature incandescent bulbs for use in flashlights: The tungsten filament bulb was essential to turn the flashlight from a novelty to a useful tool.
Lantern
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A lantern is a source of lighting, often portable. It typically features a protective enclosure for the light source – historically usually a candle, a wick in oil, or a heated mesh, and often a batte
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…electric lights soon followed. Portable hand-held electric lights offered advantages in convenience and safety over (combustion) torches, candles and lanterns. The electric lamp was odorless, smokeless, and emitted less heat than combustion-powered lighting. It could be instantly turned on and off, and avoided…
A railroad brakeman's signal lantern, fueled by kerosene.
Arabic style lanterns (fanous), symbolic in the Islamic month of Ramadan
15th-century candle lantern from Germany, perforated metal
Street lanterns in Algeciras, Andalusia, Spain