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The first arc lamp
Humphry Davy created a lamp using voltos from a battery, which produced light greater than one thousand candles. -
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The Lightbulb
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A lightbulb
James Bowman Lindsay was the first person to contain an electrical charge inside of a glass bulb. Shared his creation. -
Paris lights up
Paris sets a record and becomes the first to light up the streets with electric street lamps. -
Thomas Eddison and the lightbulb
Thomas Eddison patented a lamp in 1879 and then mad a 60-watt bulb in 1880. -
Neon Lighting
Paris also demostrated the first neon lighting, whcih was created by georges claude. -
Fluorescent lighting
Edmund Germer created fluorescent ligthing. This tpye of lighting became very popular. -
Energy saving light
The phillips company made a fluorescent energy saving light, But ended up to expensive for customers to buy -
Longer lasting lightbulb
Phillips created a new fluorescent lightbulb that could last up to 60,000 hours and be produced at a price others could buy. -
The LED light
A man named shuji Nakamura created a type of lighting that was new to the public. using blue and white LED (Light-emitting diodes) he started the revolution of the LED lighting -
Bigges energy savings EVER
As of 2012 more than 49 million LED bulbs were being used in the U.S.. This saved around 675$ million in energy costs.
