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What type of mirrors are used in headlights of the car?
Concave mirrors
Which type of mirrors used in search light?
Parabolic
Why are concave mirrors used in flood lights?
In flood lights,the source of light is placed between the pole and focus of a concave mirror so as to obtain a diverging beam of light..
What type of mirror can be used to obtain the real image of an object?
concave mirrors
What type of mirror makes security mirrors?
Convex mirrors are used in security settings. They gather an image from a wider area than a flat mirror.
How are streetlights placed and what type of lamp is used for them?
Which lens is used in street lights? Convex mirrors are used as reflectors in street lights because they are able to spread the light over a wide area.
What type of mirrors are used in headlights of the car?
Concave mirrors
What car company first used signal lights in mirrors?
General Motors
What did Ancient Egyptians use for lights?
They used sunlight and mirrors, candles and torches.
Which type of mirrors are used in vehicles?
convex mirror
Which type of mirrors used in search light?
Parabolic
What alkali metal is used in street lights?
Sodium (chem symbol = Na) Mercury vapor is also used in street lights. Low pressure sodium vapor street lights are amber/yellow in color, high pressure sodium lights are white and mercury vapor lights glow blueish white.
What is used for street lights in big cities?
led
Where are concave mirrors used?
Basically shaving mirror, make-up mirror, car head lights.
Who created street lights?
Street lights date back thousands of years. As early as the 4th century Antioch had street lights. Street lights were also used in the 9-10 centuries by the Arab Empire. In 1417 in London Henry Bastien ordered lanterns to be hung on winter nights and by 1792 William Murdoch had installed gas lights in London. In the United States Ben Franklin helped with street lights and by 1816 Baltimore was the first city to have street lights.
Who created the street lights?
Street lights date back thousands of years. As early as the 4th century Antioch had street lights. Street lights were also used in the 9-10 centuries by the Arab Empire. In 1417 in London Henry Bastien ordered lanterns to be hung on winter nights and by 1792 William Murdoch had installed gas lights in London. In the United States Ben Franklin helped with street lights and by 1816 Baltimore was the first city to have street lights.
Why are concave mirrors used in flashlights and automobile headlights?
because the reflected light would spread out over a wide area if convex mirrors were used, whereas concave mirrors focus these reflected light rays into a beam, which give flash lights and headlights their unique characteristic.
