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Lamps: History of Home Lighting

Lamps have been used to diffuse the light from old age, even before it was invented electricity, and lighting was given a new meaning. The use of lamps can be divided into two eras: the pre-electric and post electrical era.

The pre-electric era
The use of the invention and the first lamp can be traced back to 70,000 BC. At that time, there was no metal or bronze to make lamps instead of civilization then uses hollow rocks and shells. These rock holes were filled with moss and other natural substances and then soaked in fat animal. Animal fat acted as oil and that is how the first lamps were lit.

With the advent of pottery, bronze age and copper, humans began to make lamps that imitate natural forms. Wicks came into existence much later and were used to control the flame or flame speed. In the seventh century BC, the Greeks began to use clay lamps, replacing hand torches. The light of the word has been derived from the Greek word shovels, which means torch.

Lamps and the design change:
There was a significant change in the design of lamps in the 18 th century, when the central burner was invented. With the invention of the recorder, a separate fuel source was made of metal. Another small change made was the addition a metal tube that could be adjusted to control the intensity of the flame or light.

This was a breakthrough in terms of lighting, as with setting, human beings were able to reduce the lighting or make it shiny as necessary. Another aspect was introduced in the new lamp, which was in the form of chimneys glass. The role of the glass chimney was to protect the flame as well as controlling the flow of air.

The Swiss chemist Ami Argand used the circular hole in a wick lamp oil for the first time in 1783.

Fuels for lighting
Different types of fuels have been used for the lighting of a lamp between 70,000 a. C. and now. Most of the early forms of fuel were beeswax, olive oil, animal fat, fish oil, sesame oil, oil whale oil, walnut etc, coinciding with one of the most used fuel for lighting a lamp until late 18.

About 1859, the first drilling process was initiated to find oil and with the advent of kerosene, a petroleum product, the light became more popular and increased use. Allowed kerosene lighting was first introduced in Germany in 1853.

During the same time two other products used for purposes of lamp lighting and are natural gas and coal. The first use of coal gas lamps was in 1784.

Electrical Lamps:
The lamps have come a long way from the use of coal gas to electricity. In 1801, Sir Humphrey Davy of England invented the electric arc lamp carbon, which is the first of its kind. The operating principle of this lamp was simple and involved coupling of two carbon rods to power.

The carbon rods were kept at a distance of one so that electrical current can flow through the arc and thus vaporize carbon to create white light. About 1857, AE Becquerel of France came up with the theory of fluorescent lighting lamps. In the 1870's, the unthinkable happened to Thomas Edison invented the first incandescent electric lamp. Since then incandescent lamps used for lighting purposes in homes until about 20 th century.

In 1901, Peter Cooper Hewitt patented his new invention, the mercury vapor lamp. This was another type of arc lamp illumination enhanced mercury vapor, who were locked in a glass ampoule. The mercury vapor lamps set the prototype for fluorescent lighting.

The neon lamp was invented by Georges Claude of France in 1911, followed by Irving Langmuir, an American who invented the incandescent light bulb filled with gas in 1915. In 1927, Hans Spanner, Friedrich Meyer, and Edmund Germer patented the first fluorescent lamp. The fluorescent lamps provide better illumination in comparison with the crystal mercury vapor, and they were covered from inside with beryllium.

Since then we have been using different ways of lighting the lamps, including to mercury vapor, incandescent lamps and even today, in some corners of the earth people still use the old wick and oil lamp lighting their homes.

About the Author

Moe Tamani is an importer of Home Lighting as well as a designer of Henna Lamps.

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