Shouldn’t the vacuum insulate the glass from the heat of the burning filament?

  • @Archpawn@lemmy.world
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    72 years ago

    In addition to what others have said, they’re not a vacuum inside. They’re filled with 0.7 atm of argon gas. That would slow the transfer of heat, but there’d still be plenty of heat transfer through convection.