Sentences with phrase «incandescent electric lighting»

When they installed an incandescent electric lighting plant in March 1884, the lights were turned on briefly one night.

Gilberto Zorio (b. 1944) Painter and sculptor, noted for his innovative use of materials (incandescent electric light tubes, steel, pitch), motifs (star, javelin) and processes (evaporation, oxidation).

Not exact matches

And the pace and breadth of his inventiveness is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that during those three critical years he was granted not only nearly 90 patents for incandescent filaments and lamps but also 60 patents for magneto or dynamo - electric machines and their regulation, 14 patents for the system of electric lighting, 12 patents for the distribution of electricity, and 10 patents for electric meters and motors.

The incandescent light bulb was a vacuum - filled glass globe in which an electric current heated a resistive thin strip of material (called a filament) until it glowed, producing light.

«Edison did not invent the first electric light bulb, but instead invented the first commercially practical incandescent light...»

They are made by companies with a long history of manufacturing incandescent lights, such as General Electric Co. and Philips, which are now promoting the new technology.

When electricity was used at all, it was to either illuminate projection through arc or incandescent lighting or to drive the mechanism using electric motors.

At the World's Fair in Chicago, the public at large experienced AC electric lighting — both incandescent and fluorescent — for the first time thanks to Tesla and Westinghouse.

The incandescent light bulb and the first commercial power station - which grew into a whole mass of electric companies that eventually came together to form Edison General Electric (later simply General Elelectric companies that eventually came together to form Edison General Electric (later simply General ElElectric (later simply General ElectricElectric).

ELLIOTT HUNDLEY Incandescent Tangle I 2007 willow, bamboo, paper, rope, string, masonite, ceramic, plaster, wire, silk, shells, glue, copper leaf, electric lamp with yellow light bulb 96 1/2 x 49 x 33 inches (243.8 x 124.5 x 83.8 cm) ARG # HE2007 - 013

FWIW no cost policies include more efficient lighting (moving away from incandescent bulbs), intelligent electric motor controllers, more efficient combustion engines, lighter cars, etc..

Make a cheery first impression with the right holiday lights for indoors and out by trading out your old incandescents for bright, bold LEDs — which can save you as much as 30 percent on your electric bill.

If you still have incandescent light bulbs in your home, you could be throwing a lot of money away every month on inflated electric bills.