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

The first lamp to use halogen gas (chlorine) was patented in 1882, but the first commercial halogen lamp that used iodine as a halogen gas wasn’t patented until 1959 by General Electric. It was developed

The Lite-Brite toy is one of the all-time most popular toys and was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2022. It was originally marketed in 1967. It consists of a light box

Back in the 1890’s locomotives began adopting electric headlights but they were met with a great deal of debate about whether or not the light was actually a distraction to the engineer and obstructed the

December 4th, 1916 Electric lighting was installed in the White House in 1891 during President Benjamin Harrison’s administration. Few people at the time had enough faith in electric lighting to use it exclusively after all

The first lighthouse to use electric light was the Statue of Liberty in New York City, which was illuminated by electric lamps on December 31, 1879. However, the first lighthouse specifically designed to use electric

The Empire State Building first turned on its lights on May 1, 1931. It was designed by architect William F. Lamb and built by the firm Starrett Brothers and Eken. The building features a unique

The first method of film projection using artificial light was developed by the Lumière brothers in 1895. They developed a machine called the cinématograph, which allowed for the projection of moving images onto a screen