January 1780 The Argand lamp is a type of oil lamp invented in 1780 by Aime Argand and was extremely unique at the time. His wick consisted of a flat ribbon, shaped like a cylinder, sitting in a reservoir
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The first lamp to use halogen gas (chlorine) was patented in 1882, but the first commercial halogen lamp that used iodine as
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The Lite-Brite toy is one of the all-time most popular toys and was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in
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Back in the 1890’s locomotives began adopting electric headlights but they were met with a great deal of debate about whether or
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December 4th, 1916 Electric lighting was installed in the White House in 1891 during President Benjamin Harrison’s administration. Few people at the
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The first lighthouse to use electric light was the Statue of Liberty in New York City, which was illuminated by electric lamps
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The Empire State Building first turned on its lights on May 1, 1931. It was designed by architect William F. Lamb and
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The first method of film projection using artificial light was developed by the Lumière brothers in 1895. They developed a machine called
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Thomas Edison patented his first commercially practical light bulb on January 27, 1880.
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The first night baseball game under lights was played on May 24, 1935, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. The game was
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