. Light and lighting. ightingoutfits of the type made by the Thornand Hoddle Acetylene Co. have beentaken by officers to the front. For field hospital lighting apparatus ofthis kind should be most useful. Anotherform of illuminant which deserves to beeven more widely known in this con-nection is the Blanchard incandescent oilsystem. These lamps have been muchused of recent years in connection withfetes, country meetings, territorial camps,&c, and for emergency work in camphospitals they would seem to have aspecial applicability. Emergency lighting has, in fact, afield of its own in times of wa
. Light and lighting. ightingoutfits of the type made by the Thornand Hoddle Acetylene Co. have beentaken by officers to the front. For field hospital lighting apparatus ofthis kind should be most useful. Anotherform of illuminant which deserves to beeven more widely known in this con-nection is the Blanchard incandescent oilsystem. These lamps have been muchused of recent years in connection withfetes, country meetings, territorial camps,&c, and for emergency work in camphospitals they would seem to have aspecial applicability. Emergency lighting has, in fact, afield of its own in times of war. Wenotice that in the recent naval action offHeligoland one of the British vesselswas reported to have been put out ofaction quite early in the engagement(although sound in other respects) owingto a shot being planted in the midstof the electric lighting set. This, too,seems to suggest an opportunity for aspare system of self-contained illum-ination. 458 THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEER (sevt.;BENJAMIN-WIRT LIGHT. The Dim-a-Lite is a turn-down attachment for electric lampholders. It is acompact fireproof and unbreakable. The operation is most simple, as yousimply pull a cord for the different changes of light: full, •dun. low, night-light and out At the present ruomenl when mostpeople (even it patriotically determinedto seep to the motto business as usual )are alive to 111< - necessity for judiciouseconomies, this little device supplied byBenjamin Electric Ltd., 1 \. KoseberyAv- cutdown first to half, and then by stagesto the night-light condition. For sickrooms this device would Beem t have a ti< Id ol its own and OSS would also Buppose 11 lit t it would be useful in railwaycarriages where most passengers areconscious of the need f
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