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History of Electric Light

by Henry Schroeder

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  1. 1Foreword
  2. 2Chronology of Electric Light
  3. 3Early Records of Electricity and Magnetism
  4. 4Machines Generating Electricity by Friction
  5. 5The Leyden Jar
  6. 6Electricity Generated by Chemical Means
  7. 7Improvement of Volta’s Battery
  8. 8Davy’s Discoveries
  9. 9Researches of Oersted, Ampère, Schweigger and Sturgeon
  10. 10Ohm’s Law
  11. 11Invention of the Dynamo
  12. 12Daniell’s Battery
  13. 13Grove’s Battery
  14. 14Grove’s Demonstration of Incandescent Lighting
  15. 15Grenet Battery
  16. 16De Moleyns’ Incandescent Lamp
  17. 17Early Developments of the Arc Lamp
  18. 18Joule’s Law
  19. 19Starr’s Incandescent Lamp
  20. 20Other Early Incandescent Lamps
  21. 21Further Arc Lamp Developments
  22. 22Development of the Dynamo, 1840–1860
  23. 23The First Commercial Installation of an Electric Light
  24. 24Further Dynamo Developments
  25. 25Russian Incandescent Lamp Inventors
  26. 26The Jablochkoff “Candle”
  27. 27Commercial Introduction of the Differentially Controlled Arc Lamp
  28. 28Arc Lighting in the United States
  29. 29Other American Arc Light Systems
  30. 30“Sub-Dividing the Electric Light”
  31. 31Edison’s Invention of a Practical Incandescent Lamp
  32. 32Edison’s Three-Wire System
  33. 33Development of the Alternating Current Constant Potential System
  34. 34Incandescent Lamp Developments, 1884–1894
  35. 35The Edison “Municipal” Street Lighting System
  36. 36The Shunt Box System for Series Incandescent Lamps
  37. 37The Enclosed Arc Lamp
  38. 38The Flame Arc Lamp
  39. 39The Constant Current Transformer for Series Circuits
  40. 40Enclosed Series Alternating Current Arc Lamps
  41. 41Series Incandescent Lamps on Constant Current Transformers
  42. 42The Nernst Lamp
  43. 43The Cooper-Hewitt Lamp
  44. 44The Luminous or Magnetite Arc Lamp
  45. 45Mercury Arc Rectifier for Magnetite Arc Lamps
  46. 46Incandescent Lamp Developments, 1894–1904
  47. 47The Moore Tube Light
  48. 48The Osmium Lamp
  49. 49The Gem Lamp
  50. 50The Tantalum Lamp
  51. 51Invention of the Tungsten Lamp
  52. 52Drawn Tungsten Wire
  53. 53The Quartz Mercury Vapor Arc Lamp
  54. 54The Gas-Filled Tungsten Lamp
  55. 55Types and Sizes of Tungsten Lamps Now Made
  56. 56Standard Voltages
  57. 57Cost of Incandescent Electric Light
  58. 58Statistics Regarding the Present Demand for Lamps
  59. 59Selected Bibliography

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