History of light sources

Abstract

There are many histories of discovery, invention, and development in the electric lamp industry. One of the best I have found, from the earliest days to 1947, is a book by Arthur Bright, "The Electric Lamp Industry" (Bright 1949). Several more recent ones are listed in the references (Zissis and Kitsinellis 2009; Gendre 2003). A Google(tm) search under the heading "History of Light Sources" turns up a number of websites, of which a sampling is listed (http://www.mts.net/~wil liam5/history/hol.htm;http://www.invsee.asu.edu/Modules/lightbulb/meathist.htm; http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light; http://www.edisontechcenter.org/ incandescent.html; http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/multimedia/ 2008/11/gallery_lights; http://www.inventors.about.com/library/inventors/ bllight2.htm; http://www.ies.org/lighting/history; http://www.nelt.co.jp/english/ products/useful/01.html).