History of electric light
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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOLUME 76, NUMBER 2
BY HENRY SCHROEDER Harrison, New Jersey
FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFVSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN
SMITHSONIAN INSTITVTION WASHINGTON 1846
(Publication 2717)
CITY OF WASHINGTON PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AUGUST 15, 1923
The Lord Baltimore Press BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A.
Portion of the Electrical Exhibit in the United States National Museum.
Section devoted to the historical development of the electric light and dynamo.
Henry Schroeder
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HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LIGHT
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORD
CHRONOLOGY OF ELECTRIC LIGHT
HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LIGHT
EARLY RECORDS OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
MACHINES GENERATING ELECTRICITY BY FRICTION
THE LEYDEN JAR
ELECTRICITY GENERATED BY CHEMICAL MEANS
IMPROVEMENT OF VOLTA’S BATTERY
DAVY’S DISCOVERIES
RESEARCHES OF OERSTED, AMPÈRE, SCHWEIGGER AND STURGEON
OHM’S LAW
INVENTION OF THE DYNAMO
DANIELL’S BATTERY
GROVE’S BATTERY
GROVE’S DEMONSTRATION OF INCANDESCENT LIGHTING
GRENET BATTERY
DE MOLEYNS’ INCANDESCENT LAMP
EARLY DEVELOPMENTS OF THE ARC LAMP
JOULE’S LAW
STARR’S INCANDESCENT LAMP
OTHER EARLY INCANDESCENT LAMPS
FURTHER ARC LAMP DEVELOPMENTS
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DYNAMO, 1840–1860
THE FIRST COMMERCIAL INSTALLATION OF AN ELECTRIC LIGHT
FURTHER DYNAMO DEVELOPMENTS
RUSSIAN INCANDESCENT LAMP INVENTORS
THE JABLOCHKOFF “CANDLE”
COMMERCIAL INTRODUCTION OF THE DIFFERENTIALLY CONTROLLED ARC LAMP
ARC LIGHTING IN THE UNITED STATES
OTHER AMERICAN ARC LIGHT SYSTEMS
“SUB-DIVIDING THE ELECTRIC LIGHT”
EDISON’S INVENTION OF A PRACTICAL INCANDESCENT LAMP
EDISON’S THREE-WIRE SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALTERNATING CURRENT CONSTANT POTENTIAL SYSTEM
INCANDESCENT LAMP DEVELOPMENTS, 1884–1894
THE EDISON “MUNICIPAL” STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM
THE SHUNT BOX SYSTEM FOR SERIES INCANDESCENT LAMPS
THE ENCLOSED ARC LAMP
THE FLAME ARC LAMP
THE CONSTANT CURRENT TRANSFORMER FOR SERIES CIRCUITS
ENCLOSED SERIES ALTERNATING CURRENT ARC LAMPS
SERIES INCANDESCENT LAMPS ON CONSTANT CURRENT TRANSFORMERS
THE NERNST LAMP
THE COOPER-HEWITT LAMP
THE LUMINOUS OR MAGNETITE ARC LAMP
MERCURY ARC RECTIFIER FOR MAGNETITE ARC LAMPS
INCANDESCENT LAMP DEVELOPMENTS, 1894–1904
THE MOORE TUBE LIGHT
THE OSMIUM LAMP
THE GEM LAMP
THE TANTALUM LAMP
INVENTION OF THE TUNGSTEN LAMP
DRAWN TUNGSTEN WIRE
THE QUARTZ MERCURY VAPOR ARC LAMP
THE GAS-FILLED TUNGSTEN LAMP
TYPES AND SIZES OF TUNGSTEN LAMPS NOW MADE
STANDARD VOLTAGES
COST OF INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHT
STATISTICS REGARDING THE PRESENT DEMAND FOR LAMPS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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