The electric lamp: 100 years of applied physics
DOI: 10.1063/1.2995240
Night‐time in 1879, but a scant 100 years ago, was considerably darker than the nocturnal world of today. Artificial illumination was limited to kerosene lamps, illuminating gas, the just‐emerging arc lamp for street lighting and a few lingering candles.
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John M. Anderson, General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York.
John S. Saby, Lighting Research and Technical Services Operation of General Electric, Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio.
