An oil lamp is an object used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-

based fuel source. The use of oil lamps began thousands of years ago and continues to this day,
although not commonly anymore. They are often associated with stories in which rubbing an oil
lamp would summon a genie dwelling in it, like seen in Aladdin.
Oil lamps are a form of lighting, and were used as an alternative to candles before the use of
electric lights. Starting in 1780, the Argand lampquickly replaced other oil lamps still in their basic
ancient form. These in turn were replaced by the kerosene lamp in about 1850. In small towns
and rural areas the latter continued in use well into the 20th century, until such areas were
finally electrified and light bulbs could be used.

A metal-halide lamp is an electrical lamp that produces light by an electric arc through a
gaseous mixture of vaporized mercury and metal halides[1][2] (compounds of metals
with bromine or iodine). It is a type of high-intensity discharge (HID) gas discharge
lamp.[1] Developed in the 1960s, they are similar to mercury vapor lamps,[1] but contain additional
metal halide compounds in the quartz arc tube, which improve the efficiency and color
rendition of the light.
A neon lamp (also neon glow lamp) is a miniature gas discharge lamp. The lamp typically
consists of a small glass capsule that contains a mixture of neon and other gases at a low
pressure and two electrodes (an anode and a cathode). When sufficient voltage is applied and
sufficient current is supplied between the electrodes, the lamp produces an orange glow
discharge. The glowing portion in the lamp is a thin region near the cathode; the larger and much
longer neon signs are also glow discharges, but they use the positive column which is not
present in the ordinary neon lamp. Neon glow lamps are widely used as indicator lamps in the
displays of electronic instruments and appliances.

A sodium-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses sodium in an excited state to

produce light at a characteristic wavelength near 589 nm.[1]
There are two varieties of such lamps: low pressure and high pressure. Low-pressure sodium
lamps are highly efficient electrical light sources, but their yellow light restricts applications to
outdoor lighting such as street lamps.[2] High-pressure sodium lamps produce a broader
spectrum of light than the low-pressure lamps, but they still have poorer color rendering than
other types of lamps.[3] Low-pressure sodium lamps only give monochromatic yellow light and so
inhibit color vision at night