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