Light bulb Timeline

By JoshuaAnnable
  • Oil lamp

    Oil lamp

    Aime Argand
  • Gas lamp

    Gas lamp

    William Murdoch
  • Vacuum tube lamp

    Vacuum tube lamp

    John Ambrose Fleming
  • Arc Lamp

    Arc Lamp

    Humphry Davy
  • Fluorescent Lamp

    Fluorescent Lamp

    Peter Cooper Hewitt
  • Platinum Filament

    Platinum Filament

    Thomas Edison
  • Incandescent light bulb

    Incandescent light bulb

    Thomas Edison, Joseph Swan
  • Gas-discharge Lamp

    Gas-discharge Lamp

    Heinrich Geissler
  • Bamboo filament

    Bamboo filament

    Heinrich Göbel
  • Mercury-vapour Lamp

    Mercury-vapour Lamp

    Peter Cooper Hewitt
  • Tungsten filament

    Tungsten filament

    William D. Coolidge
  • Red LED

    Red LED

    Nick Holonyak
  • Compact Fluorescent

    Compact Fluorescent

    Edward E. Hammer
  • OLED

    OLED

    Steven Van Slyke
  • Magnetic induction lamp

    Magnetic induction lamp

    John Anderson
  • Sulfur Lamp

    Sulfur Lamp

    Michael Ury
  • Blue LED

    Blue LED

    Shuji Nakamura
  • LED lamp

    LED lamp

    Nick Holonyak