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Lighthouse lantern

  • Nationality Korea
  • Quantity 1
  • Era 1970
  • Exhibition Place -
  • Material metal
  • Size(cm) 73×114

Deungmyeonggi is the machine to light up from the lighthouse.

The lighthouse type in contemporary time began around 1900 and the initial device was to use gasoline with the gradual change into the gas light.
Since 1950s, electricity became generalized to use the light bulbs.
This device uses electricity for HY-610. The radius of the plate that reflects the light bulb inside Deungmyeonggi is 610㎜.
HY-610 model reproduced the device for aviation in the US to produce since 1974 and it was produced with domestic technology thereafter.
The lower part has the rotating motor to rotate the light in certain period to move.

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