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The Fifteen Watt Tungsten Lamp

Chapter 1: THE FIFTEEN WATT TUNGSTEN LAMP
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A technical thesis investigates performance and behavior of a 15-watt tungsten electric lamp, presenting test methods, measurement apparatus, and empirical characteristic curves that relate candle power to voltage, current, resistance, and wattage. It reports life tests comparing constant-voltage, vibration-free conditions with severe mechanical shock, analyzes mean spherical candle power using Kennelley’s graphical method, and examines the overshooting phenomenon with proposed theories, quantitative measurements, and curve plots. Experimental limitations and sample-size caveats are acknowledged, and final conclusions synthesize the lamp’s efficiency, distribution patterns, and anomalous behaviors observed during testing.

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Title: The Fifteen Watt Tungsten Lamp

Author: Clair Elmore Anderson

Release date: December 2, 2015 [eBook #50588]
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Language: English

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THE FIFTEEN WATT TUNGSTEN LAMP

BY
CLAIR ELMORE ANDERSON
B. S., University of Illinois, 1911
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the
Degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
IN
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
1912

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

May 31, 1912

I HEREBY RECOMMEND THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BY CLAIR ELMORE ANDERSON ENTITLED THE FIFTEEN WATT TUNGSTEN LAMP BE ACCEPTED AS FULFILLING THIS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Ernst Berg
In Charge of Major Work

Ernst Berg
Head of Department

Recommendation concurred in:

Morgan Brooks
Ellery B Paine
J M Bryant
Committee on Final Examination