At the turn of the 20th century, electricity was a new phenomenon, and electric lights were a marvel in the mountains of western North Carolina. Electricity first came to Hendersonville in 1903, and ...

The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 was largely instrumental in getting electricity to rural areas and farms. This act ...

This zany lamp created by Marieke Staps outdoes most lamps in more ways than one: the electricity is powered through the organisms contained in the mud. The mud is enclosed in cells that contain ...

AT the tenth annual conference at Margate of the Association of Public Lighting Engineers, a paper was read on September 5 by Mr. G. H. Wilson on electric discharge lamps and their applications to ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. UK company Bare Conductive has launched a light kit on Kickstarter that lets you turn any piece of paper into a ...

A GE incandescent searchlight lamp, circa 1955. Characteristics: Mogul bi-pin base with "Housekeepers seal". Steel pins. C-6 tungsten filament with center support. Each filament end is inserted into ...

There are many places in the world where hospitals often have run without any electricity. Of many issues that come to mind (most modern machines need power), surgery sticks out as hugely problematic.

The Shat-R-Glow safety-coated fluorescent lamps are designed to be a portable source of light. They can be removed from their fixtures and, even if the lamp is broken, will continue to shine while the ...

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