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First Arc Lamp
For several years, scientists were working on an electric light, when a man named Humphry Davy created an arc lamp using volts from a battery. The lamp produced light greater than one thousand candles -
The First Lightbulb
James Bowman Lindsay was the first man to contain an electrical charge in a glass bulb. Although very unreliable, he showed his work with many others -
Edison's Bulb
Devoting his adult life to electricity, Thomas Edison patented a 16 watt bulb in 1880 -
Neon Lighting
In 1910, Georges Claude innovated the light bulb, his neon design was first presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1910 -
Light bulb Life Increases
When Edison patented his 16 watt bulb, it lasted for 1500 hours. The Philips Company created a bulb that lasted 60,000 hours in 1981 -
The LED Light
In 1995, Shuji Nakamura created a new type of light that used blue and white LED, or light-emitting diodes -
Savings on Energy
As of 2012, more than 49 million LED bulbs were being used across America. This saved around $675 million in energy costs
