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The First Arc Lamp
Humphry Davy created the first Arc Lamp. He uses volts from a battery, because the battery forms a greater amount of light than many candles -
Platinum Coil
Warren De la Rue used a platinum coil through a lamp to create an incandescent light bulb. -
The Light Bulb
The man by the name James Bowman Lindsay produce the first electrical charge inside of a glass tube. -
Lighting a Stadium
William Robert Grove successfully lit an entire stadium with incandescent lamps, which consist of a platinum coil. -
Paris was the first
Using Davy's invention, Paris, France was the first city to use the Arc Lamp to light up homes. -
The First Patent
Fredrick de Moleyns received the first patent on the incandescent bulb. -
Joseph Swan starts experimenting.
Swan started with experimenting with carbon filaments in a lab in England. -
The Geissler Tube
Heinrich Geissler created a special tube that would help with containing the electrical flow. It paved the for neon signs. -
Carbon Filament Incandescent
Joseph Swan and one of his apprentice created the very first light bulb, which was recorded by the Newcastle Chemical Society. -
Thomas Edison's Design
Edison was not the first to create the light bulb, but he was the first to improve it. He patented the first lamp, and one later in the 1800s. -
Wireless Lamp
Nikola Tesla worked on creating the first wireless lamp after Edison improved it. -
Take it in Court....
Heinrich Gobel won against Edison with the one who was the inventor of the electrical lamp. -
Neon Lighting
Paris, France demonstrated the first neon lighting. Neon lighting was created by Georges Claude at a Paris Motor Show. -
Florescent Lighting
Edmund Germer created the first Florescent Light, which grew into popularity. -
World War II
New York City's companies demonstrated the uses of efficiency of the Florescent Light Bulb. -
Visible Spectrum Lighting
Nick Holonyak Jr., who was working for General Electric, created the first visible spectrum light bulb in the for of red diodes. -
Energy Saving Light
The Philips Company created a Florescent energy saving lamp. -
First Electronic Lamp
Osram answered with the first ever Electronic Energy Saving Lamp will be very successful. -
Longer Lasting Bulbs
Philip's created a bulb that would last 60,000 hours while the Edison Bulb lasted 1,500 hours. Also, they listed it at a reasonable price. -
The LED Light
The man by the name Shuji Nakamura created the first LED lights. LED stands for Light Emitting Diodes. -
LED's replace Florescent Lamps
LED's create more light with less electricity and they more efficient and durable. -
The L Competition
The Energy Department hosted a competition to see which company's LED bulbs were more efficient. The company Philips won the competition. -
Cost of Bulbs
The cost of LED's have dropped 85%. Retailers will sell them at $10 or less. -
Energy Saving
More than 49 million LED Bulbs were sold across America, which was saving $675 million in energy costs. -
No more Florescent Bulbs
The GE announced that they will not make any more compact Florescent Bulbs in the US.
