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Nov 6, 2017 · Humans have always relied on lighting to the overcome darkness. We explore the history of lighting from the invention of fire to modern day electricity.
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Victorian cast iron lamp posts were once so common that the need for protection was easily overlooked. As a result, in many urban areas few survive. Standing on the edge of the pavement, the principal threat is from traffic, including delivery lorries and refuse-vehicles backing into them. Although brittle, the cast iron might not break, but the po...
Listing varies radically across the UK. A quick search for ‘lamp post’ in the National Heritage List for England reveals 400 entries for lamp posts, 88 of which are in or around Bristol. In Wales there are 29 list entries of which over half are in Llandudno. In Scotland, on the other hand, there are 800 list entries for lamp standards and holders. ...
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Sep 7, 2021 · Street lighting might seem like a product of modernity, but there is little new about it. The Romans illuminated their city streets at night and Islamic cities from Baghdad to Cordoba were lit when most of Europe was living in – in terms of street lighting – the so-called Dark Ages.
Mid-century, Art Deco and industrial lighting trends have had a heavy influence on today’s contemporary light design – so much so you’d be forgiven for mistaking modern lighting for light fixtures from previous eras and design movements.
The present notions of the theory of four systems of lighting—non-cutoff, semi-cutoff, cutoff, and unidirectional systems—are described and a brief review of modern lanterns is given. The outstanding problems of street lighting are stated.
May 30, 2011 · The use of electricity for the purpose of lighting truly began with a British engineer named Frederick Hale Holmes, who in 1846 patented an electric arc lamp and with Michael Faraday pioneered the electrical illumination of lighthouses in the 1850s and 60s.
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British design classics. In some ways, the history of vintage British lighting is tied to the history of 20 th century British industry itself – as electrification, engineering and export combined.
