Light bulb

The history of the light bulb.

By DREWBSKILLZ
  • Oil Lamps

    Oil Lamps

    Ami Argand invented the first oil lamp
  • Gas lamps

    Gas lamps

    In 1792, the first commercial use of gas lighting began when William Murdoch used coal gas for lighting in his house in Redruth, Cornwall.
  • The First Lightbulb

    The First Lightbulb

    Sir Humphrey Davy created the first carbon arch lamp.
  • Kerosene Lamps

    Kerosene Lamps

    1859, drilling for petroleum oil began and the kerosene lamp grew popular
  • The Theory of the Florescent Lamp

    The Theory of the Florescent Lamp

    Becquerel of France theorized about the fluorescent lamp
  • Neon Lights

    Neon Lights

    Georges Claude of France invented the neon lamp.
  • Tungsten FiIament Bulb

    Tungsten FiIament Bulb

    American, Irving Langmuir invented an electric gas-filled tungsten lamp.
  • Fluorescent Light Bulb is Patented

    Fluorescent Light Bulb is Patented

    Friedrich Meyer, Hans Spanner, and Edmund Germer patented a fluorescent lamp.
  • Halogen Lamps

    Halogen Lamps

    U.S. Patent 2,883,571 was granted to Elmer Fridrich and Emmett Wiley for a tungsten halogen lamp which is an improved type of incandescent lamp.
  • First street lamps

    First street lamps

    Charles F. Brush of the United States invented the carbon arc street lamp.