. Light and lighting. the platform of the new Charing Cross (Embankment) Station. at ( Sharing Cro Embankrwhich forms such a convenient junctionfor tli- Underground Railway, theCharing I ro . 11 nd Hampstead Tube, and the Bakerloo Tube. Ww \ t. u WOrdfl may l»- -,iid a- to the lighting of t!ii- n>u station, illustratedin the two photographs taken by thekind permission of tin- UndergroundRailway Co. Fig. 1 shows In- method THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEER (august) 429 of lighting the platform of the CharingCross and Hampstead Tube is lighted by metal filament lampsin Super lu
. Light and lighting. the platform of the new Charing Cross (Embankment) Station. at ( Sharing Cro Embankrwhich forms such a convenient junctionfor tli- Underground Railway, theCharing I ro . 11 nd Hampstead Tube, and the Bakerloo Tube. Ww \ t. u WOrdfl may l»- -,iid a- to the lighting of t!ii- n>u station, illustratedin the two photographs taken by thekind permission of tin- UndergroundRailway Co. Fig. 1 shows In- method THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEER (august) 429 of lighting the platform of the CharingCross and Hampstead Tube is lighted by metal filament lampsin Super lux globes and Benjamin rings,the units being spaced at intervals ofabout 25 feet. A test showed that anillumination on the platform from 0*8—1*2 The second photograph (Fig. 2) showsthe entrance to one of the moving stair-ways. The lighting of this staircaseis decidedly good, the lamps are screenedby plates across the ceiling so as to beinvisible to the descending space adjacent to the entrance to the. Natural photograph ly artificial light. Lumina Bureau Photographic Dept. Entrance to one of the moving stairways at the new Charing Cross (Embankment) Station. were provided between theunits—a figure considerably above the0*25 suggested as the minimumfor main station platfonus. The photo-graph gives a very good idea of the softand restful conditions. stairway is also illuminated by 100-wattmetal filament lamps in Superlux some of the information used inthis article we are indebted to thecourtesy of the General Electric Co.,Ltd. 130 THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEER (august) THE LIGHTING OF SQUASH RACKET COURTS. - rate time ago we referred to tin*lighting of Squash Racket Courts*—quite an interesting problem for theilluminating engineer. There lias recentlybeen a boom in covered courts of thiskind. The essentia] point in this, as inmost other ball games, la t«» avoid anyinconvenience due to glare, and to keepthe lights as far as jK.
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