Links & Resources
Antique Carbon Arc Lamps And Early Electric Lighting Device Facebook Group This Facebook group is an excellent resource for anyone interested in carbon arc lamps and other types of early…
Brush Arc Lamps
Philadelphia 1878 "Miniature moons on carbon points, held captive in glass globes" A description of the "wonder of 1878": an installation of Brush arc lamps in the window of Wanamaker's…
General Electric Arc Lamps
by Charles Brush The General Electric Company was formed in 1892. It was the result of a meger between the Edison General electric Company and the Thomson-Houston Company, which themselves…
Lifter
High Voltage "Lifter" Electrostatic lifters are fascinating devices that have become popular construction projects for experimenters all over the world. NASA's recent patent on a type of lifter…