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Lighting founders and the instrument's inventors, Joseph Levy and Edward Kook, combined the first two letters of their own last names and called the unit "Leko." Rival lighting company, Kliegl Brothers, released their own Elipsoidial Reflector Spotlight that same year, calling it
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1143:DJ lighting
1079:Stop lights
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1002:Searchlight
742:Xenon flash
685:Klieg light
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494:Fluorescent
452:Luminescent
277:Archive.org
208:Edward Kook
114:Inventor(s)
1400:Categories
1353:stagecraft
1257:Grow light
1252:Germicidal
1242:Scientific
1239:Industrial
1195:Floodlight
1181:Theatrical
1123:Blacklight
1118:Aroma lamp
1107:Decorative
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1007:Solar lamp
970:Glow stick
953:Flashlight
885:Nightlight
880:Light tube
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122:First sold
109:Production
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1303:Light art
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1200:Footlight
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1153:Lava lamp
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627:Limelight
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271:8 January
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603:Petromax
598:Kerosene
568:Campfire
538:LED lamp
334:Concepts
327:Lighting
233:Lekolite
188:Lekolite
34:Lekolite
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1158:Marquee
1103:Display
987:Lantern
980:outdoor
932:Troffer
775:ceramic
632:Luchina
610:Lantern
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432:Regular
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146:Website
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725:Plasma
657:Tilley
652:Safety
615:Fanous
578:Carcel
573:Candle
563:Argand
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371:Hawaii
231:Strand
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273:2024
192:Leko
125:1933
64:Yoke
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