Lamp or bulb wire or cable?

[Adam W]

It was called a gas mantle not a gas bulb

Is the mantle not encased within a glass bulb though, making the mantle the gas equivalent of the filament?

 

[Barry White]

Early gas lights were just a flame but later they used mantles which were bulb shaped which were made of cotton covered chemicals which glow white when heated. Once lit the cotton burnt away leaving them very fragile.There was no glass bulb just the plain glass in the lantern to shield the flame/mantle.

Theres a pub on Heath commom Wakefield call Kings Arms that is still principally lit with gas lights.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Were the bulbs even replaceable in a gas lamp?
To my mind the bulb is the replaceable (traditionally bulb shaped) bit and the lamp is the fitting they go into - in the case of a fitting with non-replaceable LEDs it could be a lamp without bulbs.

Yes they were replaced.

The "bulb" in a gas lamp is called a Mantle and here's some piccies of them >>>> https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=g...-Mo6PLAhXiBZoKHRNfBbsQsAQIPQ&biw=1241&bih=631

 

[7029 dave]

Remember we had a lecturer at college, he insisted that amps does not mean anything, it is amperes laddie. lol

 

[Spoon]

Its good to call them bulbs every now and then, just to wind people up. It's not just in the electrical train that you can annoy people.
My mate and I used to wind up our dive instructor my referring to our mask and fins as 'goggles' and 'flippers'

 

[YoungBart]

If I ever said Bulb at work my Boss (who wired the arc) would always said 'I don't pay you for gardening' Which I thought was very annoying, Now if anyone says Can you sort my bulb out I say 'I'll just get my Wellies and Fork' because I'm just that funny...
I also remember getting told at college that live conductors should be called line conductors, So I went to work the next day, said something about switched lines and permanent lines only to be told 'I don't pay you to work on railways'...

 

[davesparks]

Anyone who works in theatrical lighting will be able to confirm that it is neither bulb, nor lamp, the correct term is 'bubble'

 

[Barry White]

Anyone who works in theatrical lighting will be able to confirm that it is neither bulb, nor lamp, the correct term is 'bubble'

Did put Bubble or globe in my first post Dave and knowing you do a bit in theatrical lighting expected it (only heard of it once) and said "whats a bubble" and got laughed at before being told.Really thought it was a joke like the spirit level one.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

A couple of years ago I spent 5 days on a yacht doing my 'Competent'Crew' RYA course. I mistakenly called the chart a 'map' and was put straight. On the final night we planned a night passage and started out, looking all the time for the different navigational lights plotted on our plan. We all fell into using the term 'map' in our mild anxiety and efforts not to crash or veer off course.

When we were safely tied up in port, the skipper/ examiner told us he had been below decks listening and eating his fist but didn't say anything at the time because getting the job done was more important than using none nautical terminology. Made me laugh though picturing him.

 

[Adam W]

A couple of years ago I spent 5 days on a yacht doing my 'Competent'Crew' RYA course. I mistakenly called the chart a 'map' and was put straight. On the final night we planned a night passage and started out, looking all the time for the different navigational lights plotted on our plan. We all fell into using the term 'map' in our mild anxiety and efforts not to crash or veer off course.

When we were safely tied up in port, the skipper/ examiner told us he had been below decks listening and eating his fist but didn't say anything at the time because getting the job done was more important than using none nautical terminology. Made me laugh though picturing him.

Boaty people are the worst for insisting you use their pedantic terminology - "It's not a wall it's a bulkhead. It's not a window it's a porthole. It's not a kitchen it's a galley. It's not a room it's a compartment. It's not a bog it's a head...."
Of course me being me I go out of my way to use the layman's terminology just to wind them up.