Turn on the light

I have always been a fan of lamps. I think that a lamp can make the room much prettier and more comfortable. Nowadays, you can find all sorts of lamps - various designs, shapes, models. And the function is always the same - it brings light into our home and offices. In this blog post I will share with you some interesting lamps and some short historical facts about the lamps. Hopefully you will enjoy!

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The first lamp was invented around 70,000 BC. A hollow rock, shell or other natural found object was filled with moss or a similar material that was soaked with animal fat and ignited. Humans began imitating the natural shapes with manmade pottery, alabaster, and metal lamps. Wicks were later added to control the rate of burning. Around the 7th century BC, the Greeks began making terra cotta lamps to replace handheld torches. The word lamp is derived from the Greek word lampas, meaning torch.

OIL LAMPS

In the 18th century, the central burner was invented, a major improvement in lamp design. The fuel source was now tightly enclosed in metal, and a adjustable metal tube was used to control the intensity of the fuel burning and intensity of the light. Around the same time, small glass chimneys were added to lamps to both protect the flame and control the flow of air to the flame. Ami Argand, a Swiss chemist is credited with first developing the principal of using an oil lamp with a hollow circular wick surrounded by a glass chimney in 1783.

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1906 - The General Electric Company were the first to patent a method of making tungsten filaments for use in incandescent lightbulbs. Edison himself had known tungsten would eventually prove to be the best choice for filaments in incandescent light bulbs, but in his day, the machinery needed to produce the wire in such a fine form was not available.

1910 - William David Coolidge of General Electric improved the process of manufacture to make the longest lasting tungsten filaments.

1920s - The first frosted lightbulb is produced and adjustable power beam bulbs for car headlamps, and neon lighting.

1930s - The thirties saw the invention of little one-time flashbulbs for photography, and the fluorescent tanning lamp.

1940s - The first ’soft light’ incandescent bulbs.

1950s - Quartz glass and halogen light bulb are produced

1980s – New low wattage metal halides are created

1990s – Long life bulbs and Compact Fluorescent bulbs make their debut.

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Here are some interesting facts about the light

Some areas in Scotland and Japan switched to blue street lights at night and saw a decrease in crime and suicide rates.

All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye’s lens. Patients who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.

LED traffic lights have led to car crashes and deaths in the past, since they emit too little heat to melt snow & ice, which blocks the lights.

While in space astronauts sometimes see random flashes of light caused by cosmic rays hitting the optic nerve. We don’t see it on earth because the magnetosphere protects us from the rays.

The blinking light atop the Capitol Records Tower spells out the word “Hollywood” in Morse code, and has done so since the building’s opening in 1956.

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