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RickR wrote:

... All lamps should have a "lumen" rating on the package. This is the
actual amount of light as measured by more advanced technology than
eyeballing a dirty piece of paper.


But perhaps no more accurately. I've seen Bunsen photometers in modern
physics labs, mounted on optical benches, and so on.

Nick