Limelight - Definition
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Also known as...
Used Drummond Light
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Limelight - Description :
An early type of stage light in which an intense illumination is created when an oxyhydrogen flame is directed at a cylinder of lime, also called calcium oxide, which can be raised to white incandescence heat without melting to producing brilliant illumination. The limelight effect was discovered early in the nineteenth century by Goldsworthy Gurney. A Scottish engineer, Thomas Drummond, realized that the light would be useful for surveying and built a working version in 1826. Therefore, the light is sometimes known as the Drummond Light. The Limelights first theatrical use was in 1837 at the Covent Garden Theatre in London. Widespread use in theatres came around the world in the 1860s and 1870s. Limelights were employed in the same manner as modern spotlights or followspots. Theatre followspots are still at times referred to as limes. The Limelight was quickly replaced by electric arc lighting in the late 19th century, still today someone in the public eye is said to be in the “limelight."
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