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Prehistoric era: Fire was used for lighting in the form of torches and campfires.
Ur, Mesopotamia: Evidence of oil lamps burning olive and sesame oil dates back more than 4,500 years.
Kerose/Parafin Lamp
1792: British engineer William Murdoch invented gas lighting using coal.
1881: Clamond Basket invents the gas mantle. This device was made from a matrix of magnesium oxide. Gas mixed with air which burnt hotter than a bare flame thus heatting the manltle and giving ot mre light than a bre flame.
Nearst Lamp
Aec Lamp
Incandescebt Lamp (Gas)
Incandescebt Lamp (Electric)
Metal Filament Lamps
Gas Dischrge Lamps
Mercury Lamp (Low Pressure)
Mercuy Lamp (High Pressure)
Sodium Lamp (Low Pressure)
Sodium Lamp (High Pressure)
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