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Neon lights are a type of cold cathode gas-discharge light. A neon tube is a sealed glass tube with a metal electrode at each end, filled with one of a number of gases at low pressure. A high potential of several thousand volts applied to the electrodes ionizes the gas in the tube, causing it to emit colored light.
Growtopia, commonly abbreviated as GT, is a massively multiplayer online sandbox video game developed by Ubisoft Abu Dhabi and formerly by indie developers Robinson Technologies and Hamumu Software where players can farm, build worlds, converse with others, and engage in player versus player combat. [ 1] The game was initially released for ...
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film. National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film. New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film. Venice Film Festival Golden Lion. Nominated— Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.
A General Electric NE-34 glow lamp, manufactured circa 1930. Neon was discovered in 1898 by William Ramsay and Morris Travers.The characteristic, brilliant red color that is emitted by gaseous neon when excited electrically was noted immediately; Travers later wrote, "the blaze of crimson light from the tube told its own story and was a sight to dwell upon and never forget."
Nixie tube. A Nixie tube ( English: / ˈnɪk.siː / NIK-see ), or cold cathode display, [ 1] is an electronic device used for displaying numerals or other information using glow discharge . The glass tube contains a wire-mesh anode and multiple cathodes, shaped like numerals or other symbols. Applying power to one cathode surrounds it with an ...
Neon is a chemical element; it has symbol Ne and atomic number 10. It is the second noble gas in the periodic table. [ 13] Neon is a colorless, odorless, inert monatomic gas under standard conditions, with approximately two-thirds the density of air. Neon was discovered in 1898 alongside krypton and xenon, identified as one of the three ...
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Japanese: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, Hepburn: Shinseiki Evangerion, lit. ' New Century Evangelion ' in Japanese and lit. ' New Beginning Gospel ' in Greek ) , also known as Evangelion or Eva , is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax , animated by Tatsunoko , and directed by Hideaki Anno .
This is a list of sources of light, the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum.Light sources produce photons from another energy source, such as heat, chemical reactions, or conversion of mass or a different frequency of electromagnetic energy, and include light bulbs and stars like the Sun. Reflectors (such as the moon, cat's eyes, and mirrors) do not actually produce the light that ...