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Photo Gallery #1:
Lamp Inventors 1950-1990
Below are seen a few of the people whose lamp inventions are profiled in Lighting A Revolution's 20th century section.
An enlargement with additional information is linked to each photo.
Timeline
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"Some people said it had been tried
- putting halogens in lamps -
but it didn't work." -- Elmer Fridrich
Elmer G. Fridrich, co-holder of
US Patent #2,883,571
(tungsten-halogen lamp). Photo ©General Electric. |
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"I felt that if we ever got to the point
where we knew how to control things
and make it, we would replace
standard incandescent lamps." -- Frederick Mosby
Frederick Mosby (seated),
Edward Zubler, Stanley Ackerman
& Alton Foote, (standing r-l)
with the tungsten halogen lamp. Photo ©General Electric. |
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"I knew what the lighting goals were,
everybody wanted more efficiency,
and they wanted white light,
and they wanted something economical." -- Gilbert Reiling
Gilbert H. Reiling demonstrating
his metal halide lamp. Photo ©General Electric. |
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"He was destroying things
as soon as they were made." -- William Louden
William Louden, Kurt Schmidt
& Ernest Martt (l-r) standing
in front of a vacuum machine
for the "Lucalox" lamp. Photo ©General Electric. |
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"The use of the new phosphors is not restricted to 40W T12 lamps." -- Louis Vrenken Louis Vrenken
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Johan B.J. van Overveld (r-l)
testing compact fluorescent lamps. Photo ©Philips Lighting. |
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"I don't see any technical barriers,
just financial ones." -- John Milewski
Peter & John Milewski (l-r)
near their home in New Mexico. Photo ©Drs. John & Peter Milewski. |
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"That was the longest
five minutes of my life." -- Michael Ury
Michael Ury (r) with
Lee Anderson
& 5 demonstration Sulfur lamps. Photo ©Fusion Lighting. |
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