According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp, the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. UK company Bare Conductive has launched a light kit on Kickstarter that lets you turn any piece of paper into a ...

Annotated designs drawn by inventor Thomas Edison to improve his first ever electric lightbulb have emerged for sale for £90,000. The scientist, who is often credited with perfecting the carbon ...

Electric lights were first marketed to the public about 1880. It is said that Louis Comfort Tiffany's famous lily lamp with glass shades for light bulbs was the first lamp with a shade that projected ...

More than 105 million high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps, ranging from 20W to 2,000W in size, are now in use in a broad range of interior and exterior applications in the United States. HID lighting ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This electric cap lamp was made by ...

I used to buy floor lamps at CostCo or Home Depot that were relatively cheap but seemed to last me about one year on the average. They also were decidedly pedestrian in design. After getting rid of ...