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Timeline of Light Bulb

  • The First Arc Lamp

    The First Arc Lamp
    Humphy Davy, the inventor, made this lamps with a battery.They were super bright.But,the carbon rods needed to be repaced now and then.It created a buzzing sound.Also for all of this we used SoftSchools for each event.
  • A Light Bulb

    A Light Bulb
    This was designed by James Bowman.It contained an electrical charge inside.It was very unreaible.Though that James show it to other people.
  • Thomas Edisons Designs

    Thomas Edisons Designs
    Thomas spend his life with electricity.He made a lamp on 1879.He made another light bulb that had 16-watts.He made this bulb on 1880.
  • Neon Lighting

    Neon Lighting
    Neon Lighting was created by Georges Claude.It was created in Paris.The first time used was in the Paris Motor Show.Georges Claude was motivated by the new light in Paris.
  • Fluorescent lighting

    Fluorescent lighting
    Flourescent lighting is glow-in-the-dark.It was created by Edmund Germer.This lighting would grow in popularity.There are lamps of Flourescent lighting.
  • Energy Saving Lighting

    Energy Saving Lighting
    Energy saving lamps were created by the Philps Company.It use fluorescent lighting.It was very expensive.Not many people brought it.
  • Longer Lasting Bulbs

    Longer Lasting Bulbs
    Edison's 16 watt bulb could last 1,500 hours.The philps company created a longer lasting bulb.The new bulb was made from fluorescent lighting.It could last up to 60,000 hours.
  • The Led light

    The Led light
    It was created by Shuji Nakmura.It used blue and white LED.Aka,light emmiting diodes.He made a new thing called LED light.
  • The L prize Competition

    The L prize Competition
    The Energy Department held a contest.It was for companies to create a new lightbulb.The Philips Company won the competition.On 2011, they invented an affordable LED bulb.
  • Energy Savings

    Energy Savings
    On 2012, more than 49 million LEDs were sold.The that sold this much was America.It saved around $675 million of energy costs.This was all because of Shuji