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| The Incandescent Lamp | |
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| Lamp Chemistry | |
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| Mechanisms of Lamp Failure | |
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| The Glasses of the Incandescent Lamp | |
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| Attempts to Improve Light Diffusing Coatings | |
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| Cheaper, Better, More Reliable Lamps | |
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| The Future of the Incandescent Lamp | |
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| The Potassium Secret Behind Modern Tungsten Wire Production | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Modern Tungsten Powder Production | |
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| Wire Effects in Lamp Operations | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Future Outlook | |
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| The T3 Quartz Infrared Lamp | |
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| Heat Sources | |
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| Development of T3 Quartz Infrared Lamps | |
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| Applications for T3 Quartz Infrared Lamps | |
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| The Tungsten Halogen Lamp | |
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| A Brief History | |
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| The Need for Higher Efficacy/Smaller Light Sources | |
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| The Development of Tungsten Halogen Sources | |
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| Applications | |
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| Lamp Phosphors | |
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| Introduction | |
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| History | |
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| A Review of Early Inorganic Phosphors | |
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| Calcium Halophosphate Phosphors | |
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| Quality of Light | |
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| High Pressure Mercury Vapor Lamp Phosphors | |
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| Ultraviolet Phosphors | |
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| Specialized Applications | |
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| Electroluminescent Lamps | |
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| The Future of Lamp Phosphors | |
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| The Ballast | |
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| Functions and Features | |
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| Construction of Electromagnetic Ballasts | |
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| General Characteristics | |
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| Fluorescent Lamp Ballast Circuits | |
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| HID Lamp Ballast Circuits | |
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| Ballasts for Mercury Vapor Lamps | |
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| Ballasts for Metal Halide Lamps | |
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| Ballasts for HPS Lamps | |
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| HPS Ballast Circuits | |
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| Electronic Ballasts for Fluorescent Lamps | |
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| Fluorescent Lamps | |
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| Principle and Importance | |
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| Construction and Theory of Operation | |
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| History | |
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| Lamp Life | |
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| Luminous Efficacy | |
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| Halophosphate | |
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| Tricolor Lamps | |
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| The Next Step: Energy-Saving Lamps | |
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| Lamp Performance and Temperature | |
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| Compact Fluorescent Lamps | |
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| Environmental Concerns | |
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| The Revolution Goes On | |
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| Mercury and Metal Halide Lamps | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Principles of the High Pressure Discharge | |
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| High Pressure Mercury Lamps | |
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| Metal Halide Lamps | |
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| Lamps for Special Applications | |
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| Short-arc Metal Halide Lamps | |
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| More Recent Metal Halide Lamp Developments | |
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| Ceramic Arc Tubes for Metal Halide Lamps | |
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| Electrodeless Microwave HID Lamps | |
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| Ultra High Performance Projection Lamps | |
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| Future of Metal Halide Lamps | |
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| The High Pressure Sodium Lamp | |
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| Looking Back | |
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| Fundamentals of the Sodium Vapor Discharge | |
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| The PCA Tube | |
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| Development of the Arc Tube | |
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| The Arc Tube Assembly | |
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| The Outer Bulb Assembly | |
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| Color and Output Characteristics | |
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| Lamp Operation | |
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| Applications | |
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| Looking Ahead | |
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| Index | |