American, Peter Cooper Hewitt patented the first mercury vapor lamp in 1901. The low-pressure mercury arc lamp of Peter Cooper Hewitt is the very first prototype of today's modern fluorescent lights. A fluorescent light is a type of electric lamp that excites mercury vapor to create luminescence. The Smithsonian Institute states that "Electrical inventor, Peter Cooper Hewitt built on the mid-19th-century work of German physicist Julius Plucker and glassblower Heinrich Geissler.
As early as 1800, Italian inventor Alessandro Volta, while working on his idea for an electric battery, conducted electricity through a copper wire which heated up to a white hot glow. Technically, this is considered one of the first examples of incandescent light.
Since that time, great improvements and scientific breakthroughs have continued to shape the way we illuminate our world. The next big leap in the evolution of lighting was the introduction of the fluorescent light bulb. Riding in on the coattails of the mercury vacuum pump invented by a German glassblower named Heinrich Geissler. Mr. Geissler's pump allowed him to evacuate the air from a glass tube which created a greater vacuum than had been previously possible. When electricity was run through the "Geissler tube" it began to emit a strong, green, fluorescent, glow.
Edmund Germer was born in Berlin, Germany, and educated at the University of Berlin, earning a doctorate in lighting technology. Together with Friedrich Meyer and Hans Spanner, Edmund Germer patented an experimental fluorescent lamp in 1927. Edmund Germer is credited by some historians as being the inventor of the first true fluorescent lamp.
Later improvements included using mercury vapor, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen as mediums that filled the bulb in an attempt to discover the right combination of materials for a commercially viable gas-based light bulb. These days small amounts of mercury vapor are combined with xenon, neon, and krypton gasses, which are all pumped into an elongated glass tube. Electricity then passes through a ballast and is introduced to the gasses, which ignites a tungsten filament. Voila! Fluorescent light!
However, there is a barrage of cheap lightings being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported stuff is cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed lightings made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flags and lightings offered a special edition of fluorescent lightings to provide innovative solutions for individual projects.
As early as 1800, Italian inventor Alessandro Volta, while working on his idea for an electric battery, conducted electricity through a copper wire which heated up to a white hot glow. Technically, this is considered one of the first examples of incandescent light.
Since that time, great improvements and scientific breakthroughs have continued to shape the way we illuminate our world. The next big leap in the evolution of lighting was the introduction of the fluorescent light bulb. Riding in on the coattails of the mercury vacuum pump invented by a German glassblower named Heinrich Geissler. Mr. Geissler's pump allowed him to evacuate the air from a glass tube which created a greater vacuum than had been previously possible. When electricity was run through the "Geissler tube" it began to emit a strong, green, fluorescent, glow.
Edmund Germer was born in Berlin, Germany, and educated at the University of Berlin, earning a doctorate in lighting technology. Together with Friedrich Meyer and Hans Spanner, Edmund Germer patented an experimental fluorescent lamp in 1927. Edmund Germer is credited by some historians as being the inventor of the first true fluorescent lamp.
Later improvements included using mercury vapor, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen as mediums that filled the bulb in an attempt to discover the right combination of materials for a commercially viable gas-based light bulb. These days small amounts of mercury vapor are combined with xenon, neon, and krypton gasses, which are all pumped into an elongated glass tube. Electricity then passes through a ballast and is introduced to the gasses, which ignites a tungsten filament. Voila! Fluorescent light!
However, there is a barrage of cheap lightings being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported stuff is cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed lightings made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flags and lightings offered a special edition of fluorescent lightings to provide innovative solutions for individual projects.
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