How neon lamps work. 1  A neon lamp is a sealed glass tube filled with neon gas, which is one of the so-called noble (inert or unreactive) gases on the far right of the Periodic Table. 2  There are electrical terminals at either end of a neon tube. 3  When the tube is switched off, it contains ordinary atoms of neon gas (brown circles).
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Erie, city, seat (1803) of Erie county, northwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies on the southeastern shore of Lake Erie, where a 6-mile (10-km) peninsula encloses a fine natural harbour; the city is a major lake port. Named for the Erie Indians, it was the site of the Fort-Presque-Isle built on the mainland by the French in 1753.