Jay Holben The next in line on our examination of lighting fixtures is the PAR, which is an acronym for Parabolic Aluminum Reflector. The classic PAR is a reflector and lamp all in one. It is a sealed ...
PRIOR to the year 1822, the optical apparatus used in the best equipped lighthouses was silver-plated parabolic reflectors, having apertures, twenty-one inches for fixed, and twenty-five inches for ...