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The Lewis lamp is a type of light fixture used in lighthouses.It was invented by Winslow Lewis who patented the design in 1810. The primary marketing point of the Lewis lamp was that it used less than half the oil of the prior oil lamps they replaced.
Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) was an American inventor and patent draftsman. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner , an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric light bulbs , and an improved toilet system for railroad cars .
Sapelo Island Light in Georgia, the oldest surviving Lewis lighthouse . A resident of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, Lewis began developing his ideas during the embargo of American shipping during the Napoleonic wars. He created a new lighting system based on Argand lamps; in 1812 the United States Congress purchased his patent rights for the system ...
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Lewis was the inventor of the patented Lewis lamp, which the Fifth Auditor [clarification needed] had universally adopted as the primary source of illumination in the nation's growing inventory of lighthouses. A staunch supporter and ally of the Fifth Auditor, Lewis had branched out into the business of lighthouse construction, and as the ...
The lighthouse as seen from Jekyll Island. The 60-foot (18 m) Little Cumberland Island Lighthouse was designed by Winslow Lewis and built in 1838. It had fourteen Lewis lamps generating a fixed light, which distinguished it from the older tower to the south that had a revolving light.
1990 Michael Ury, Charles Wood, and several colleagues develop the sulfur lamp. 1991 Philips invents a fluorescent lightbulb that lasts 60,000 hours using magnetic induction. 1994 T5 lamps with cool tip are introduced to become the leading fluorescent lamps with up to 117 lm/W with good color rendering.
An Argand lamp in use in A Portrait of James Peale, done in 1822 by Charles Willson Peale Argand lamp with circular wick and glass chimney. Illustration from Les Merveilles de la science (1867–1869) by Louis Figuier. The Argand lamp is a type of oil lamp invented in 1780 by Aimé Argand.