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Despite being relatively incomplete, this photocopied remnant of a GEC catalogue from 1923 documents the start of new
thinking about street lighting with the introduction of the Longitudinal Lighting Lantern. It was designed by
Haydn T. Harrison,
who was probably acting as a contractor or consultant for the GEC, and includes optics to produce the first
axial-asymmetric light distribution.
(His ideas of using reflectors, axial-asymmetric distributions, and parabolas would culminate with
his Bi-Multi system several years later).
The rest of the catalogue details the many housing-type lanterns introduced in the 1920s, most sold as slightly reduced prices.
It is interesting that two pages are devoted to the new Directional System of Street Lighting; yet the
Metropolitan Lantern with the Holophane Refractor has
little more than a page and single-line description.
Section 1. Industrial Lighting
- Illumination Data (Page 953-5) [Missing]
- Benjamin Reflector Fittings For Direct Lighting (Pages 962-4) [Missing]
- Benjamin Spare Parts (Page 965) [Missing]
- Benjamin Steel Reflectors For Local Lighting (Pages 966-7) [Missing]
- Benjamin R.L.M. Fittings (Page 968-70) [Missing]
- Semi-Indirect Industrial Fittings (Pages 970-971) [Missing]
- Indirect Industrial Fittings (Page 972) [Missing]
- Hand Lamps (Page 973) [Missing]
- Well Glass Fittings (Page 974-5) [Missing]
- Bulkhead Fittings (Page 976) [Missing]
- Accessories (Page 977-980) [Missing]
Section 2. Street Lighting
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