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  2. Incandescent light bulb - Wikipedia

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    The first commercially successful light bulb filaments were made from carbonized paper or bamboo. Carbon filaments have a negative temperature coefficient of resistance—as they get hotter, their electrical resistance decreases. This made the lamp sensitive to fluctuations in the power supply, since a small increase of voltage would cause the ...

  3. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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    1813 National Heat and Light Company formed by Frederick Albert Winsor. 1815 Humphry Davy invents the miner's safety lamp. 1823 Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner invents the Döbereiner's lamp. 1835 James Bowman Lindsay demonstrates a light bulb based electric lighting system to the citizens of Dundee.

  4. Edison light bulb - Wikipedia

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    Most of the bulbs in circulation are reproductions of the wound filament bulbs made popular by Edison Electric Light Company at the turn of the 20th century. They are easily identified by the long and complicated windings of their internal filaments, and by the very warm-yellow glow of the light they produce (many of the bulbs emit light at a ...

  5. Electric light - Wikipedia

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    An electric light, lamp, or light bulb is an electrical component that produces light. It is the most common form of artificial lighting . Lamps usually have a base made of ceramic , metal, glass, or plastic which secures the lamp in the socket of a light fixture , which is often called a "lamp" as well.

  6. Centennial Light - Wikipedia

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    The pendant light at Fire Station #6 in which the bulb is installed. The Centennial Light was originally a 60-watt bulb, but has since dimmed significantly and is now as bright as a 4-watt bulb. [7] [8] [9] The hand-blown, carbon-filament common light bulb was invented by Adolphe Chaillet, a French engineer who filed a patent for this socket ...

  7. Lewis Howard Latimer - Wikipedia

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    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 light bulbs, and an improved toilet system for railroad cars.

  8. Thomas Edison - Wikipedia

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    In September 2010, a sculpture of three giant light bulbs was erected in Brno, in front of the theater. [70] The first Edison light bulbs in the Nordic countries were installed at the weaving hall of the Finlayson's textile factory in Tampere, Finland in March 1882. [71] In 1901, Edison attended the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

  9. Marvin Pipkin - Wikipedia

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    Besides the frosted light bulb, Pipkin invented or improved many other products during his career with General Electric. One was for a toy light that could be used on a child's toy train or toy car. [26] Pipkin's innovations were noted in articles in Time, Newsweek, and the Saturday Evening Post magazines, as well as in scientific journals. [21]