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EEdmund Germer (90% sure) made the first fluorescent light bulb
Tesla did not make the Flourscent bulb. In 1859 Alexandre E. Becquerel did. Tesla wanted to make use of them and discussed them at length decades later. But he did not discover, or invent them.
A fluorescent bulb
fluorescent light bulbs are usually from 9$-15$.
No, the ballast's output is not matched to operate a fluorescent bulb.
No, a fluorescent bulb does not emit the same amount of heat as a metal halide bulb of the same wattage.
Perhaps you are asking about fluorescent lamp. This is an electrical device that uses a fluorescent bulb to give off light. The bulb is a recent invention designed to give energy savings in the residential area. The fluorescent bulb used to be used exclusively in industrial applications, but the new bulb is small and compact enough to be used in a home lamp.
The brightest compact fluorescent bulb is of over 100 lumens or higher outputs at higher drive currents.
The light spectrum from an incandescent (a bulb) is closer to the spectrum of the sun than what comes from a fluorescent.
I need to buy another fluorescent light bulb at the hardware store
In a fluorescent light bulb there is usually a drop of mercury. That mercury vaporizes as the bulb warms up and it becomes gaseous, enhancing the electron interaction through the bulb, making it brighter.