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THE HISTORY OF LIGHTING PART 7: Lumetta's series looking back at the history of lighting Late 19th Century ___________________ 1893 The first fully enclosed commercial carbon arc lamp is introduced by GE. It was sealed in glass globe and lasted 10 times longer than earlier carbon arc lamps. 1893 Nikola Tesla offers his ideas on high frequency and wireless electric lighting, including his public demonstrations where a Geissler tube was lit wirelessly. 1894 The Moore tube, a precursor of the electric gas discharge lamps, is created by D. McFarlan Moore. 1897 W. Nernst invents and patents his incandescent lamp, which is based on solid state electrolytes. Stay tuned for future posts to this series. Lumetta.com #lightinghistory #historyoflighting #earlylightingtechnology #lightingtimeline #lightingthroughhistory #lightingchronology #lightingthroughtheages #lumetta #abriefhistoryoflighting