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1921 Junichi Miura creates the first incandescent lightbulb to utilize a coiled coil filament. 1925 Marvin Pipkin invents the first internal frosted lightbulb. 1926 Edmund Germer patents the modern fluorescent lamp. 1927 Oleg Losev creates the first LED (light-emitting diode). 1953 Elmer Fridrich invents the halogen lamp. [14]
1890s: He invented a few types of filament lamps with metallic filaments; some say he was the first scientist to use a tungsten filament. He got a patent for lamps with tungsten filaments (US Patent No. 575,002 Illuminant for Incandescent Lamps , Application on 4 January 1893) [ 1 ] and sold it to General Electric (1906), [ citation needed ...
He was born in Cressona, Pennsylvania on February 26, 1858 to William Hammer (1827–1895) and Martha Augusta Beck (1827–1861). [1] [2]He became a laboratory assistant to Thomas Edison in December 1879, and assisted in the development of the incandescent light bulb. [3]
The Moore lamp was the first commercially viable light-source based on gas discharges instead of incandescence; it was the predecessor to contemporary neon lighting and fluorescent lighting. [1] In his later career Moore developed a miniature neon lamp that was extensively used in electronic displays, as well as vacuum tubes that were used in ...
1960: The first functioning laser is invented by Theodore Maiman. 1963: The first electronic cigarette is created by Herbert A. Gilbert. Hon Lik is often credited with its invention as he developed the modern electronic cigarette and was the first to commercialize it. 1964: Shinkansen, the first high-speed rail commercial passenger service.
Edward E. Hammer (December 27, 1931 – July 16, 2012) [1] was an engineer who was at the forefront of fluorescent lighting research. His technological contributions in incandescent, fluorescent and HID light sources earned him over 35 patents.
Modern stamp commemorating the Gutenberg Bible, the first major European work printed by mechanical movable type. Gutenberg's first major print work was the 42-line Bible in Latin, printed probably between 1452 and 1454 in the German city of Mainz.
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor.He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is the person responsible for developing and supplying the first incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881.