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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