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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. somethingcurated.com › 2017/08/08 › 9-british9 British Artists & Designers Experimenting With Light

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   Aug 8, 2017 · Light has been used for architectural effect throughout human history; however, the modern concept of light art emerged with the development of artificial electric incandescent light sources and experimentation by modern artists of the Constructivist and Bauhaus movements.

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4. 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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5. manufacturing-today.com › news › modernizing-a-100Modernizing a 100-year old family ... - Manufacturing Today

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   Sep 4, 2024 · British Electric Lamps Limited, better known as BELL Lighting, has a rich 100-year history that has propelled it into the position of strength where we find it today. Marketing Executive Samuel Whittaker outlines the journey: “We have been a manufacturer and supplier of high-quality lamps and light fittings since 1920, when Mr. E. R. Grote ...

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

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   Several Fifth Avenue millionaires installed generators in their houses in 1880s New York, and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt even went to a costume ball as Electric Light. But these early adopters ran the risk of accidents.

7. blog.gracesguide.co.uk › British_Electric_LampsBritish Electric Lamps - Graces Guide

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   This web publication contains 156,311 pages of information and 241,438 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain.

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   Why are electric streetlamps so popular?

   • While gas provided relatively gentle illumination, the huge electric arc streetlamps which began appearing in the 1870s gave out an intense light. Light was produced by an electric current which arced between two carbon rods—hence the name. The development of electric generators made them a practicable solution for lighting public spaces.

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   Did Victorian homes have electric lights?

   • Photograph of a Victorian drawing room lit by four electric wall lights, from Hammond’s 1884 book. 1950s advertising shot showing various styles of pendant lampshade. Many of these styles are fashionable today. Despite this, many homes had very little electric lighting, especially as it needed to be retrofitted to older buildings.

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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.

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   When were electric street lights invented?

   • 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. A year later Mosley Street in Newcastle was the first in the world to have electric streetlights.

   The illuminating history of lighting | English Heritage

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   When was gas lighting first used in London?

   • Audley End House and Gardens William Murdoch made a breakthrough with gas lighting in the late 18th century, and in 1807 13 gas lamps were installed along Pall Mall. By the 1820s more than 40,000 gas lamps were burning along 215 miles of London’s streets. They were also being used to light shops, theatres and factories.

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   When was the first electric lamp made?

   • Early carbon and rod filament incandescent electric lamp by Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, England, 1878-1879. An early Edison bulb from 1879 with platinum clamps to hold the filament (which has broken). Science Museum Group Very early Swan lamp with a detachable 'candlestick' cap from his Benwell lamp factory, c.1879.

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9. www.ft.com › content › fcd16ff4-e74d-11e6-967b-cThe advent of electricity: that light-bulb moment

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   Feb 3, 2017 · But these objections failed to stop construction and, by the outbreak of the second world war, the UK had one of Europe’s most extensive and reliable electricity networks. Today, pylons are...