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The First Arc Lamp
Scientists had been working on an eletric lamp for many years. A man named Humphry Davy made a lamp using a battery, it made a light brighter tha 1,000 candles. -
A Light Bulb
James Bowman Lindsay was the first person to ever contain an eletrical charge inside of a lass sphere. His invention was not useful at the time that it was made. -
Light Up The Night
By using Humphry Davy's lamp, Paris became the first city to try ad have their streets lit with street lamps. -
The Geissler Tube
Heinrich Geissler created a special tube that could contain an eletrical charge. It paved the way for Neon and other types of lighting -
Thomas Edison's Desgins
Thomas Edison devoted his life to working with eletricity, he patented the lamp in 1879 and then the light bulb in 1880. -
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla worked with Thomas Edison before going off on his own. He began to work on the wireless lamp -
Neon Lighting
Paris continued to grow with lighting. Georges Claude created the first neon light at the Paris Motor Show. -
Fluorescent Lighting
Edmund Gremer created a fluorescent lamp. It would later grow in popularity. -
The World Fair
At the New York World Fair, companies showed off the fluoresscent light bulb. -
Energy Saving Lighting
The Philips company made an energy saving fluorescent lamp, but it was more expensive for people to buy. -
Longer Lasting Bulbs
Edisons orginal light bulb could only last 1500 hours while Philips new light bulb could last up to 60,000 hours. -
The LED Light
Shuji Nakamura created a new type of lightng called LED lighting. He began the revolution of LED lighting. -
LED's Pushed Forward
The Energy Department saw the need for mmore efficent lighting, so they created a device that packaged LED's together to make for better lighting. -
The L Prize Competition
The Energy Department held a competition to see which company could make a better light bulb. Philips won the competition in 2011 with their affordabe LED bulb. -
Energy Savings
More than 49 million LED bulbs are used across America. This has saved around 675 million in energy costs.
