Don’t get us wrong, we love overhead lighting like a statement-making chandelier, or even a mini chandelier. But sometimes the installation process can feel overwhelming and you have to measure ...

Enhance your living room lighting with a floor lamp design that doesn't take up a lot of space but delivers plenty of style, no matter your personal aesthetic.

Object Details maker Wallace Wallace, William Description (Brief) Original Arc tamp designed by William Wallace, serial no. 117. Iron frame, carrying two carbon plates, 10 inches wide; electromagnets ...

Invented by Humphrey Davy in the early 19th century, arc lamps were developed in France until 1878 when R E B Crompton started to manufacture an improved version at his Arc Works in Chelmsford. He ...

The arc lamp provided one of the first commercial uses for electricity, a phenomenon previously confined to experiment, the telegraph, and entertainment.[5] [4] Slingo, William; Brooker, Arthur ...

So many rival forms of lamps have recently been devised for regulating the electric arc light that even specialists in this branch of applied science have some difficulty in keeping up a knowledge ...