Re: strange ligthning lamp

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Original poster: brent meyer <res095fx-at-verizon-dot-net> 

The color is not due to the gas, which is Argon, but to a multicolored
phosphor coating applied to the inside of the vessel.  The green color is
created by synthetic Willemite, a zinc silicate mineral.

 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:59:11 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: strange ligthning lamp
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 > Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 18:24:40 -0700
 >
 > Original poster: Vladimiro Mazzilli <mazvla-at-iol.it>
 >
 > Hi all,
 > Last week I went in Miami for work and I've seen a unusual plasma lamp.
 > The lamp was in glass completely clear and formed as an ellissoid., I
 > dont' know if there was a second bulb inside. The wirling discharge
 > started from the base of the lamp and extingued on the glass.
 > I wish to know the characteristic of this lamp, if someone have seen a
 > similar device because I have never seen a green discharge in any gas.
 > On the base there were a potenciometer thath I think is useful for
 > regulate the level of sound when sound
 > play rithmic, or the frquency of P/S
 >
 > Thank at all. The photo is at
 > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/Mazzilli/Dscn2869b.jpg
 >
 >