To simple and easily obtain visible light, which can be used as an illumination from a heat of a flame, and further obtain electric power by efficiently generating electricity from the heat of the flame.
This heated light-emitting tube has a vacuum tube 2, composed of a transparent heat resisting material and having fine powders 3 to emit light by being enclosed into the vacuum tube and by being heated. This is an illumination fixture which is provided with a means to form the flame, and in which the heated light-emitting tube 1 is arranged in the vicinity of the flame. Further, this is a solar battery to absorb the light emitted from the heated light-emitting tube and to generate electricity, and the illumination fixture or a heating system provided with a means to thermally-insulate the solar battery from the heat of the flame.
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