Prismatic coal hole cover on Hope Street in Glasgow. These were were commonly used allow natural light into the otherwise pitch black cellars. Only a few of the original prisms remain in this particular example.
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I've played around with using #mylar to create #LightTubes, #prisms and #mirrors and other #reflective surfaces to change or shape light direction and spread, #Fresnell lenses to magnify small amounts of light, etc etc etc.
I've learned lots of interesting things but I am still a LONG way from being hired to light the interior of a #pyramid. 
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Prismatic coal hole cover on Hope Street in Glasgow. Coal holes in the street allowed deliveries to coal cellars without having to carry the coal through a building. Prismatic coal hole covers were commonly used allow natural light into the otherwise pitch black cellars. Only a few of the original prisms remain in this particular example
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Prismatic coal hole cover on Hope Street in Glasgow. Coal holes in the street allowed deliveries to coal cellars without having to carry the coal through a building. Prismatic covers were commonly used allow natural light into the otherwise pitch black coal cellars. Only a few of the original prisms remain in this particular example
