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  1. 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.

  2. The incandescent light bulb, which Swan independently developed around the same time as Thomas Alva Edison in the United States, was a transformative innovation. With his bulb, Swan ushered in a new era of electric illumination, replacing the unreliable and hazardous gas lighting of the time.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Joseph_SwanJoseph Swan - Wikipedia

    In 1850, Swan began working on a light bulb using carbonised paper filaments in an evacuated glass bulb. By 1860, he was able to demonstrate a working device, but the lack of a good vacuum, and of an adequate electric source, resulted in an inefficient light bulb with a short life. [9]

  4. Mar 1, 2013 · The famous British inventor Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829) produced the first electric arc lamp in 1809 using a battery across a carbon strip which glowed but practical difficulties prevented this idaea being developed any further at that time.

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  5. Nov 29, 2013 · Sir William Armstrong of “Craigside” near Newcastle allowed himself to “pioneer” effective indoor lighting for his friend. In 1880 the “Swan Electric Light Company” illuminated Sir William’s huge house with 45 lamps. The Company supplied the current free, but Sir William bought the bulbs.

  6. In the early 1800s, inventors began to experiment with electric light. British inventors Sir Humphry Davy and Warren de la Rue both made significant strides with the first electric lamp. The first practical electric light was invented around 1805 by Sir Humphry Davy, an English chemist.

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  8. 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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