Light and Optics
Name Number Author Published
signal flares 23536 Coston, Martha 1859
electric train signaling 130661 Robinson, William 1872
carbon arc light 219208 Brush, Charles 1879
incandescent light bulb 223898 Edison, Thomas A. 1880
mercury vapor lamp 1030178 Hewitt, Peter C. 1912
tungsten filament light bulb 1082933 Coolidge, William D. 1913
gas filled electric lamp 1180159 Langmuir, Irving 1916
lighted advertising signs 1980542 Leland, George H. 1934
leak-proof flashlight battery (Ray-O-Vac™) 2198423 Anthony, Herman 1940
fluorescent lamp 2202199 Germer, Edmund 1940
electron microscope 2455676 Hillier, James 1946
He-Ne Laser 3149290 Javan, Ali 1964
optical fibers 3659915 Keck, Donald B. 1972
laser 4053845 Gould, Gordon 1977
scanning tunneling microscope 4343993 Rohrer, Heinrich 1982
LASER 3353115 Maiman, Theodore H. 1967