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The Arc lamp
A man named Humphry Davy created a lamp using volts from a battery. This light produced brightness greater than one thousand candles. -
A light bulb
A man named James Bowman Lindsay was the first person to make a glass bulb with an electrical charge inside of it. -
“Light up the night”
Paris broke a record when they became the first city to attempt lighting their streets with electric street lamps. -
The Geissler tube
A man named Heinrich Geissler created a special tube to use with electricity. It could contain an electric charge, and it would pave the way for neon and other types of lighting. -
Tomas Edison’s designs
Thomas Edison created a lamp in 1879, then a 16-watt light bulb in 1880. -
Nicola Tesla
Mr. Tesla had worked clHe worked on creating a wireless electrical lamp. -
Neon lighting
Paris demonstrated the first neon lighting, which was created by Georges Claude, at the Paris Motor Show. -
Fluorescent lightning
A man named Edmund Germer created a lamp for fluorescent lighting. -
The world fair
At New York's World Fair, companies competed to demonstrated the efficiency of the fluorescent light bulb. -
Energy saving lighting
The Philips Company created a fluorescent energy saving lamp. It was more efficient and used less energy but it was to expensive for consumers. -
Longer lasting bulbs
Edison’s 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. -
The LED light
A man named Shuji Nakamura created a new type of lighting. Using blue and white LED he started a revolution of LED lighting. -
LED’s pushed forward
The Energy department created a device that would combime LED's together to generate better lighting. -
The L prize competition
The Energy Department decided to hold a contest for companies to create more efficient energy. Philips won the competition with an affordable LED bulb. -
Energy savings
As of 2012, more than 49 million LED bulbs were being used across America. This saved around $675 million in energy costs.
