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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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Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

Lighting

1879

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

Lighting

1860-1880

Swan electric lamp

Lighting

1878-1879

Suggs 3-light indoor Lamp, No.7179

Lighting

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

Lighting

1931-1940

One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps. Bamboo filament

Lighting

Fluorescent lamp, 1967.

Lighting

1967

Light-bulb, filament carbon E.S. cap

Lighting

Lamp, electric, filament

Lighting

Very early Edison carbon filament lamp.

Lighting

1879

Bayonet cap electric light bulb extension device

Lighting

1945-1955

Ceramic light fitting

Lighting

1930-1955

Early electric bulb, John Rylands Library

Lighting
Nier Fuerhand paraffin lantern (hurricane lamp) model Baby 275. Unused. Made in Germany. 1960s.

Nier Fuerhand paraffin lantern, Germany, 1960s.

Lighting

1961-1970

Eight 'pygmy' lamps

Lighting

Stand or hang 4-lipped square iron dish

Lighting

Blue Osram lamp with box

Lighting

1939-1945

LED lamp

Lighting

2016

Brush Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd arc lamp switch

Lighting

1892

Letter 'L' decorative neon light bulb

Lighting

1930-1955

Glass lamp shade

Lighting

1930-1955

Well's Kettle Torch Lamp, 1910

Lighting

1910

Discharge projection lamp, water cooled, 600 W

Lighting

Early lamp with half-mirrored bulb.

Lighting

Whale oil lamp, c 1840.

Lighting

1835-1845

Pair of annular wick Argand lamps, c. 1800.

Lighting

1790-1810
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

Anglepoise lamp, c. 1935.

Lighting

1930-1940

'Gray' neon sign

Lighting

1960-1970

Iron Pricket Sconce with inscription from Brussels

Lighting

1400-1600

Letter 'F' decorative neon light bulb

Lighting

1930-1955

Cruto incandescent lamp; Brass Cap

Lighting

Iron Candele Sconce from Ghent, 1909

Lighting

1909

Sea shell used as floating wick lamp.

Lighting

Mazda coiled coil lamp bulb 100W

Lighting

1940-1960

Floor-standing candlestick.

Lighting

1701-1770

Candle mould for four candles, Scottish.

Lighting

1701-1900

Atlas 60W blue bulb

Lighting

1930-1950

Edison Swan electric bulb, John Rylands Library

Lighting

Around 1900

Carcel oil lamps, probably French, about 1800.

Lighting

1795-1815

lamp adaptor

Lighting

1960-1970

Two paraffin lamps, c 1860-1910.

Lighting

Ship's Cabin Oil Lamp on Gimbals

Lighting

Jablochkoff candles and stand or lamp

Lighting

1876-82

Pottery 'shell' form oil lamp from Egyptian tomb

Lighting

100-1 BCE

Lamp, electric filament

Lighting

One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps. Carboon filament lamp

Lighting

One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps. Carbon filament lamp

Lighting

Sea shell used as floating wick lamp.

Lighting

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

Lighting

1801-1900