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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 · In his 2009 book 43 Principles of Home, designer Kevin McCloud describes the use of multiple types of lighting—task, ambient, directional and decorative—in the design of a 'good lighting scheme'. The lure to add ever-more light to our homes is hard to resist.

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3. www.english-heritage.org.uk › history-of-lightingThe illuminating history of lighting - English Heritage

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   Nov 6, 2017 · It was only after the First World War that electricity found its way into most of our homes. Lightbulbs improved and the National Grid was established. For the first time in human history, we had clean, safe lighting at the flick of a switch.

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4. 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.

5. britishheritage.org › en › joseph-swanJoseph Swan - The Lightbulb - British Heritage

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   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.

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

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   By Queen Victoria's death in January 1901, electric lighting was still in its infancy. Gas lighting was common in the cities and larger towns, supplemented by candles and oil lamps, but in smaller towns and villages and in the countryside lighting remained almost exclusively by candles and oil lamps.

7. www.amusingplanet.com › 2019 › 04Cragside: The World’s First House To Have Electric Lights

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   Apr 2, 2019 · Nearly a decade before Thomas Edison began working on incandescent lamps and a more affordable way to bring the bright world of electricity to Victorian homes, a fine country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England, was lit entirely by electricity.

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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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   When did electric lighting start?

   • By Queen Victoria's death in January 1901, electric lighting was still in its infancy. Gas lighting was common in the cities and larger towns, supplemented by candles and oil lamps, but in smaller towns and villages and in the countryside lighting remained almost exclusively by candles and oil lamps.

   Lighting in the Victorian Home - Building Conservation

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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.

   Electrifying: The story of lighting our homes | Science Museum

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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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   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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   When did lighthouses start using electricity?

   • 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.

   History of Lighting - The Victorian Emporium

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9. www.thevictorianemporium.com › history_of_lightingHistory of Lighting - The Victorian Emporium

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   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.