Business Timeline

  • the first arc lamp

    the first arc lamp

    A man named Humphry Davy created a lamp using volts from a battery, which produced light greater than one thousand candles.
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    Business Timeline on the light bulb

  • The light bulb

    The light bulb

    Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and James Bowman was the first person to contain an electrical charge inside of a glass bulb.
  • street lights

    street lights

    The first city to attempt lighting their streets with electric street lamps.
  • Neon Lights

    Neon Lights

    demonstrated the first neon lighting, which was created by Georges Claude, at the Paris Motor Show.
  • Energy Saving Lighting

    Energy Saving Lighting

    The Philips Company created a fluorescent energy saving lamp. It used an integrated conventional ballast, but it was expensive for consumers to purchase.
  • Longer Lasting Bulbs

    Longer Lasting Bulbs

    The Energy Saving Bulb could last for 1500 hours. Philips created a new fluorescent bulb that could last up to 60,000 hours and be produced at a reasonable price.
  • LED lights

    LED lights

    Using blue and white LED started a revolution of LED lighting.
  • Amazon Alexa Changing Colored Lights

    Amazon Alexa Changing Colored Lights

    Amazon Alexa changing colored lights was released in 2015 and turns on and off lights with just a command.