Sister Charged With Attacking Brother With Flashlight
Well this is one way you can use a flashlight though we do not reccomend it! A 59 year-old woman was jailed Tuesday under a $100,000 bond after she allegedly attacked her older brother with a metal flashlight. Deputies said it happened at a home the siblings share in the Bell Hope Mobile Home Park […]
Man trapped in high-rise fire uses flashlight to get help!
PITTSBURGH – A man called his mother when he was stuck in a high-rise during a fire Monday morning. Hilda Lindsay told Channel 11’s Katherine Amenta her phone rang at 3 a.m., waking her out of a deep sleep. It was her son John, gasping for air and begging for help. “He said, ‘What am […]
Flashlight Saves Stranded Kayaker!
Trapped by rough surf, Rudzinski used light to flash distress signals throughout the night Makawao kayaker Mark Rudzinski signaled SOS distress flashes with his flashlight early Tuesday, hoping someone would see him trapped about 200 feet below a cliff after strong waves slammed him into rocks the day before off the Nahiku coastline. “I didn’t […]
The World Famous Brand of MAGLITE® Flashlights Wins the 2017 National Hardware American Manufacturing Award for Best New Product
ONTARIO, Calif., May 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Mag Instrument Inc., the world leader in flashlight technology, has been awarded the National Hardware American Manufacturing Award for Best New Product. The honor was given to the MAGLITE® brand for its new compact to mid-sized Traffic Wands that fit most popular MAGLITE® model flashlights (including the new MAGLITE® […]
The History of the Flashlight
In 1887, the first dry cell battery was invented. Unlike previous batteries, it used a paste electrolyte instead of a liquid. This was the first battery suitable for portable electrical devices, as it did not spill or break easily and worked in any orientation. The first mass-produced dry cell batteries came in 1896, and the […]
Flashlight Performance standards
Pay attention to Flashlight performance Standards when you buy a flashlight top be sure you are getting the flashlight you need. The United States Army former standard MIL-F-3747E described the performance standard for plastic flashlights using two or three D cell dry batteries, in either straight or angle form, and in standard, explosion-proof, heat-resistant, traffic […]
What is a flashlight?
This is the definition of a flashlight according to Wiki: A flashlight (often called a torch outside North America) is a portable hand-held electric light. Usually, the source of the light is an incandescent light bulb or light-emitting diode (LED). A typical flashlight consists of a light bulb mounted in a reflector, a transparent cover […]