Information Sheet 1.

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Lighting Fixtures and
Accessories
Lesson 1

History and Development of the

Incandescent Lamp
1. Humphry Davy
- made the 1st incandescent lamp.
- invented an elecric battery
Electric Arc
-It was the light produced when the carbon
glowed after Humphry Davy connected the
wires to the battery and a piece of carbon

History and Development of the

Incandescent Lamp
2. Joseph Wilson Swan
-found that a carbon paper filament worked well,
but burned up quickly
- In 1878, he demonstrated his new electric lamps.

3. Thomas Alva Edison,

- discovered that a carbon filament in an
oxygen-free bulb glowed but did not burn up
for 40 hours.
- eventually produced a bulb that could glow
for over 1500 hours.

History and Development of the

Incandescent Lamp
4. Lewis Howard Latimer
-improved the light bulb by inventing a carbon
filament which was patented
-developed and patented a method of
manufacturing his carbon filaments.

History and Development of the

Incandescent Lamp
5. Willis R. Whitney
- invented a treatment for the filament so that
it would not darken the inside of the bulb as it
glowed.
6. William David Coolidge
-invented a tungsten filament, which lasted
even longer than the older filaments.
The incandescent bulb revolutionized the world.

Parts of an Incandescent Bulb

Parts of an Incandescent Bulb

Coiled tungsten filament - the metal wires that
glow brightly when electricity flows through
them.
Connecting wires - The wires that carry electricity
from the bulb's electrical contact to the filament.
Electrical contacts - the metallic base of the bulb,
which connects to the electrical contacts of the
lamp when the bulb is in the lamp.

Parts of an Incandescent Bulb

Glass envelope - the thin layer of glass that
surrounds the light bulb mechanism and the
inert gases.
Glass fuse enclosure the glass that insulates
the bulb's fuses - located in the stem of the
bulb.
Mixture of inert gases at low pressures - the bulb
that is filled with inert (non-reactive) gases.

Parts of an Incandescent Bulb

Screw cap - the threaded base of the bulb that
secures it to a lamp.
Support wires - wires that physically hold up
the filament.

Operation of Incandescent
lamp

Operation of
incandescent lamp
What makes a light bulb glow ?
The filament in most light bulbs is made of tungsten.
The thin wire, or filament, resists the flow of current
through it.
The filament becomes hot and glows brightly when
electricity is passed through the bulb.
The glass bulb is filled with a mixture of inert gas
(usually argon and nitrogen) to prevent the filament
from burning away completely.

The Incandescent Filament

Lamp Construction :
This lamp consist; simply of a tungsten filament
inside a gas-filled, sealed glass envelop.
Current passing through the high-resistance
filament heats it to incandescence,
producing light.
Gradual evaporation of the filament causes the
familiar blackening of the bulbs and eventual
filament rupture and lamp failure.

The Incandescent Filament

Lamp Construction
This lamp consist; simply of a tungsten filament
inside a gas-filled, sealed glass envelop.
Current passing through the high-resistance
filament heats it to incandescence,
producing light.
Gradual evaporation of the filament causes the
familiar blackening of the bulbs and eventual
filament rupture and lamp failure.

TASKS
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TASKS
Select a part of a bulb which
you considered as very
important and why?

TASKS

Test:
1.
a. Glass

Envelope
b. Mixture of
Inert
Gases

Test:
2.
a. Glass

Envelope
b. Mixture of
Inert
Gases

Test:

3.
a. Coiled

Tungsten
Filament
b. Support
Wires

Test:

4.
a. Coiled

Tungsten
Filament
b. Support
Wires

Test:

5.
a. Glass Fuse

Enclosure
b. Connectin
g Wires

Test:

6.
a. Glass Fuse

Enclosure
b. Connectin
g Wires

Test:

7.
a. Electrical

Contact
b. Screw Cap

Test:

8.
a. Electrical

Contact
b. Screw Cap

Test:
9. He made tthe 1st
Incandescent Lamp.
a. Humphry Davy
b. Joseph Wilson Swan

Test:
10. He invented a tungsten
filament.
a. Humphry Davy
b. Joseph Wilson Swan

Test:

11. It is the metal wires that glow

brightly when electricity flows
through them.
a. Coiled tungsten filament
b. Electrical contacts -

Test:

12. It is the metallic base of the bulb,

which connects to the electrical
contacts of the lamp when the bulb is
in the lamp.
a. Coiled tungsten filament
b. Electrical contacts -

Test:
13. It is the threaded base of
the bulb that secures it to a
lamp.
a. Screw cap
b. Support wires

Test:
14. They are wires that
physically hold up the
filament.
a. Screw cap
b. Support wires

Test:

15. What is being produced when

Current passes through the highresistance filament?
a. Heat
b. Light
c. Smoke
d. Both A and B