Light Tube
Light tubes or light pipes are used for transporting or distributing natural or artificial light. In their application to daylighting, they are also often called tubular daylighting devices, sun pipes, sun scopes, or daylight pipes.
Generally speaking, a light pipe or light tube may refer to:
- a tube or pipe for transport of light to another location, minimizing the loss of light;
- a transparent tube or pipe for distribution of light over its length, either for equidistribution along the entire length (see also sulfur lamp) or for controlled light leakage.
Both have the purpose of lighting, for example in architecture.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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