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The History of Lighthouse Illumination

Illumination Home Page - Part I - Part II - Part III - Part IV - Part V

AMERICAN LIGHT SOURCES

•Fresnel - Arago Mechanical Pump Lamp
•Funck-Heap Capillary Lamp
•Funck Hydraulic Float Lamp
•Luchaire Incandescent Oil Vapor Lamp I.O.V.
•Incandescent Light Bulb

MECHANICAL PUMP LAMP
	(c)Egbert Koch 2002

CAPILLARY LAMP

HYDRAULIC LAMP

I.O.V. LAMP

INCANDESCENT BULB

LAMP FUELS

•Whale Oil 1720 - 1864
•Lard Oil 1864 - 1884
•Kerosene 1884 - 1955
•Acetylene 1904 - 1980
•Electricity 1898 - Now