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Evolution of Indoor Lighting

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    The First Artificial Light

    The First Artificial Light
    In about 70,000 BC, people began to carve out rocks, shells, or any nonflammable object they could and filled it with dried moss and grass, adding in animal fat to use as a rudimentary lighter fluid. This was lit and used as an artificial light source. Early Lighting. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2015, from http://www.ies.org/lighting/history/
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    The First Oil Lamp

    The First Oil Lamp
    Oil lamps first appeared in 4500 BC, as, in essence, a bowl that could be filled with oil, and was lit using the oil to stay alight. The first red pottery oil lamps appeared around 4500-3300 BC. These followed the simple bowl shape, which let to it's more and more common usage.
    History of Oil Lamps. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2015.
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    The First Candles

    The First Candles
    The Egyptians began using wicked candles as early as 3000 BC, but the credit for the invention is typically given to the Romans, Roman's candle making technique was to roll up papyrus, and repeatedly dip in it hot melted beeswax, giving them a means to light roads, homes, and for use in ceremonies. History - National Candle Association. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2015.

  • The Kerosene Lamp

    The Kerosene Lamp
    Kerosene Lamps first started appearing from man yinventors in the late 1840s, but it was Ignacy Lukasiewicz who is credited with the invention of the first modern version of the Kerosene Lamp. They rose to popularity due to their portability, bright glow, and longevity of the kerosene in comparison to the gas lamp. History of Gas Lamps - Who Invented Gas Lamp? (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2015.

  • The Light Bulb

    The Light Bulb
    Thomas Edison is usually given credit for the invention of the light bulb, but it was a combination of many inventors that led the commercially poular incadescent light bulb. Ediso is given credit however due to the length and success of his light bulb.
    History of the Light Bulb | Lighting Basics | Bulbs.com. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2015.

  • LEDs

    LEDs
    Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) were first invented by scientist Nick Holonyak while he was working for GE. These small lights began life just being used as circuit board indicators, but evolved into more commonly use forms, from digital watches, to stop lights, to even the bulbs many people use today.
    News - First LED by the GE engineer, Nick Holonyak. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2015.

  • The Compact Flourescent Bulb

    The Compact Flourescent Bulb
    in 1976, due to the 1973 oil crisis a new bulb was invented by a GE researcher, Edward E. Hammer, however his spiral shaped CFL was never used due to the price it would cost GE to produce.
    10 Questions for . . . Ed Hammer, CFL Inventor. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2015.