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1. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk › electric-lighting-homeElectrifying: The story of lighting our homes | Science Museum

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   Jan 28, 2020 · Lighting the pre-electric home. Before gas or electric lighting were invented, the greatest light source indoors usually came from the fixed fire in the grate. Home activities revolved around the hearth, with candlelight or oil lamps providing dim (but mobile) light around the home.

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3. www.museumofthehome.org.uk › explore › stories-ofFrom candles to electric lights | Museum of the Home

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   Jan 13, 2021 · The electric light bulb has afforded homes with instantaneous bright light and is now considered one of the most basic necessities. Find out more about the Domestic Game Changers.

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4. www.buildingconservation.com › articles › lightingLighting in the Victorian Home - Building Conservation

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   Many of the electric light fittings shown were converted chandeliers and sconces with light bulbs protruding from imitation candles, illustrating a nostalgia for the candle which remains as strong today.

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6. www.thevictorianemporium.com › publicationsHistory of Lighting - The Victorian Emporium

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   May 30, 2011 · A brilliant British physicist and chemist named Joseph Swann is the man who was credited with the invention of the carbon fibre filament incandescent lamp. Incandescent light is the light we use today (although relatively recently there have been new advances in low-energy domestic lighting).

7. www.english-heritage.org.uk › visit › inspire-meThe illuminating history of lighting | English Heritage

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   Nov 6, 2017 · The first electric lights were developed in the late 1870s by different people across the world. In Britain, Joseph Swan led the charge. He installed his lights at Cragside House in Northumberland in 1878.

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8. lucyworsley.com › a-quick-history-of-domestic-lightingA quick history of domestic lighting | Lucy Worsley

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   For centuries, rushlights were the poor person’s light-source of choice. You make them by repeatedly coating a rush in hot fat, building up the layers to create a rather scrawny candle. These long, gently-curving lights were balanced in special holders.

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   What was candlelight used for in Victorian times?

   • Candlelight was used for most ordinary activities throughout the Victorian period, from dining and playing cards to cooking, particularly in areas where there was no gas, until finally eclipsed by electric light.

   Lighting in the Victorian Home - Building Conservation

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   Who invented the incandescent light bulb?

   • Object number 181/2009 The invention of the incandescent light bulb in the 1870s (subject to a fierce dispute between Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan), kicked this revolution into overdrive. Homes were provided with a constant, strong illumination without the toxic fumes of gas lighting or the continual vigilance needed for candles.

   From candles to electric lights | Museum of the Home

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   What was the purpose of lamplighting in ancient London?

   • The light was more to provide distant points of brightness to aim for - in parts of London they were 65 metres apart. The lighting-up time varied due to the season but lamplighters would be seen with small ladders at dusk and dawn lighting or extinguishing the wicks or mantels of the street lamps.

   History of Lighting - The Victorian Emporium

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   What types of candles were used in the Victorian era?

   • By the end of the period gas lighting was common in urban homes and electricity was being introduced in many. Three types of candle were commonly used at the start of the period; tallow, spermaceti and beeswax.

   Lighting in the Victorian Home - Building Conservation

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   Who invented the electric light in our homes?

   • Cover of The Electric Light in Our Homes by electrical engineer Robert Hammond, 1884. The cover features cutting-edge lamp bulbs by four inventors: Swan, Lane Fox, Swinburne and Edison. Photograph of a Victorian drawing room lit by four electric wall lights, from Hammond’s 1884 book.

   Electrifying: The story of lighting our homes - Science Museum

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   When was the first light bulb invented?

   • In 1879 Thomas Edison beat rivals like Sir Joseph Swan to perfect the first viable incandescent light bulb. One year later, Cragside, a rambling mansion near Newcastle designed by Norman Shaw, was the first house to be lit electrically, using Swan's 'electric lamps'.

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10. eandt.theiet.org › 2018/09/13 › history-light-bulbHistory of the light bulb: early days to LEDs | Engineering ...

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    Sep 13, 2018 · London's Savoy Theatre, lit by Swan's incandescent lamps, becomes first electrically lit public building in world. 1882 Edison and Swan's companies merge to form Edison and Swan United Electric Company (later Ediswan) and later incorporated into Thorn Lighting. 1883