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Discover different methods of lighting private and public spaces through history, from early shell and stone lighting methods right up to modern gas and electric lighting.

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Swan electric lamp

Lighting

1878-1879

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

Lighting

1879

Holmes' arc lamp from South Foreland Lighthouse, about 1860-80.

Lighting

1860-1880

Suggs 3-light indoor Lamp, No.7179

Lighting

Whale oil lamp, c 1840.

Lighting

1835-1845

Anglepoise lamp, c. 1935.

Lighting

1930-1940

Hitchcock lamp U.S. patent 234916, 1880

Lighting

High pressure mercury vapour lamp

Lighting

c. 1951

Wanzer Oil Lamp

Lighting

Smiths "Wootton" lantern, pat. no. 201089/22

Lighting

Replica of 1879 Edison lamp made by General Electric Lighting Institute

Lighting

Early Victorian street-lamp lighter

Lighting

Carcel oil lamps, probably French, about 1800.

Lighting

1795-1815

Late 15th. century pierced sheet iron Candle lantern from Munich

Lighting

1450-1500

Candle douter

Lighting

c. 1750

"Tildawn" road-works warning light

Lighting

Reproduction of an Ancient Roman Bronze Lantern

Lighting

Iron rushlight or splinter holder

Lighting

'Royal Ediswan' metal filament lamp

Lighting

c.1915

Very early Edison carbon filament lamp.

Lighting

1879

Candle mould for four candles, Scottish.

Lighting

1701-1900

Decorative neon lamp with filament in shape of 'ER' surmounted by a crown

Lighting

1952-1953

Reproduction of an Ancient Roman Bronze Lamp

Lighting

Tungsten filament vacuum lamp

Lighting

c. 1946

General lighting service or G.L.S. Lamps with coiled-coil or single-coil filaments

Lighting

Brass folding Candle Lantern from Wels, 1913

Lighting

"Brydex" battery hand torch

Lighting

Well's Kettle Torch Lamp, 1910

Lighting

1910
Working model, scale 1:2, of candle moulding machine. Made by Price's Patent Candle Company Ltd., Battersea, London.

Candle making machine, English, about 1888.

Lighting

1883-1893

Pottery 'shell' form oil lamp from Egyptian tomb

Lighting

100-1 BCE

Floating wick lamp, Northern Scotland, probably 19th century.

Lighting

1801-1900

Ship's Cabin Oil Lamp on Gimbals

Lighting
Anglepoise table lamp, made in England by Herbert Terry and Sons Limited, Redditch. c. 1938.

Anglepoise table lamp

Lighting

c. 1938

Green glaze pottery spout type lamp, N. Holland

Lighting

Hobday's patent 'without spring'

Lighting

c. 1820

Phillips neon lamp

Lighting

c. 1940

Ediswan 100V 8CP carbon filament lamp of about 189

Lighting

1890

LED lamp

Lighting

2016

Philips street lamp

Lighting

1995

Slush lamp

Lighting

Pottery oil lamp with face carving, from Egyptian tomb, 100-1BC

Lighting

100-1 BCE

Gas filled tungsten filament lamp

Lighting

c. 1960

Incandescent electric lamp with 'candlestick' cap

Lighting

1879

Gas table lamp

Lighting

Battery hand torch

Lighting

Hylo' electric filament lamp with 3-point pull string

Lighting

c.1915

Neon Lamp

Lighting

1950-1960

Green's arctic candle lamp

Lighting

Fluorescent lamp, 1967.

Lighting

1967

Neon sign reading 'neon', together with operating equipment, 1930s.

Lighting

1931-1940