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Testing Incandescent Lamp at Thomas A. Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory
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Download PDF Visit Source An illustration of testing the first incandescent lamp in Edison's lab.…
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Rural Electrification
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Download PDF Visit Source 1 Visit Source 2 An advertisement for the Rural Electrification Administration and a photograph showing an ERA electric meter on the side of a farmer's house.…
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Oil Lamps of the 19th and 20th Century
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Download PDF Visit Source 1 Visit Source 2 Images of old oil lamps from 1840 and 1840.…
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Mark Twain in Nikola Tesla’s Lab
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Download PDF Visit Source 1 Visit Source 2 Photograph of an electric lamp being illuminated by passing a current through the body of Mark Twain.…
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Luna Park at Night
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Download PDF Visit Source Photographs of Luna Park in Coney Island, NY at night showcasing the spectacular lighting.…
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Light Through The Ages
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Download PDF Visit Source Promotional literature for the Westinghouse Electric Co.…
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Inventor Lewis Latimer Biography and Patent
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Download PDF Visit Source 1 Visit Source 2 "Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928)...attended only grade school, and the remainder of his education was self-taught...He had a fabulous appetite for …
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Illumination During the Ancient Era
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Download PDF Visit Source 1 Visit Source 2 Artifacts that give insight into what was used for illumination in the Ancient Era.…
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Portrait of Hertha Marks Ayrton
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Download PDF Visit Source 1 Visit Source 2 Hertha Marks Ayrton was a British engineer, mathematician, physicist and inventor. She was the first woman elected member of The Institution of Ele…
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Gas Lighting Advertisements of the 19th and 20th Century
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Download PDF Visit Source 1 Visit Source 2 A sample of some advertisements for gas lighting solutions from the 19th and 20th Century.…
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