Death of a Light Bulb - Softcover

Otten, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907527087 ISBN 13: 9781907527081

Publisher: Blue Ocean Publishing, 2012

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Death of a Light Bulb

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Contents

 

 

 

1.    The Battle to be First                                                                           1

 

2.    The Emergence of Winners                                                               25

 

3.    Industry Starts to Consolidate                                                 57

 

4.    Development of Other Lamp Technologies                                       91

 

5.    Trade Associations                                                                             129     

 

6.    Controlled Companies                                                                        182

 

7.    Lamp Components                                                                             198

 

8.    The Dynamic Sixties                                                                          211

 

9.    The Price of Energy and the Environment                                         226

 

10.  Reaching for the Holy Grail of Light                                                   250

 

 

Appendices

 

1.    Signatories to the Phoebus Agreement                                              263

 

2.    Conclusions to the Monopolies Commission 1968                             265

 

3.    Chronological Development of British Lamp Companies                  269

 

4.    LED Technology                                                                                 309

 

5.    OLED Technology                                                                              313

 

Bibliography                                                                                                    319     

 

 

 

           

 

 

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Death of a Light Bulb

 

Death of a Light Bulb offers a comprehensive account of the 19th Century race to invent the incandescent light bulb Joseph Swan from England just beat the famous Thomas Edison from America in 1879, but it was Edison who actually patented his invention in most developed countries.

 

 In this book, we consider the subsequent product, company and business developments covering:     

 

·         Need for electrification of households.

·         Development of other light sources.

·         Trading rings and pricing agreements on an international scale.

·         Monopolies and industrial cartels, investigations by Monopolies Commissions

·         Growth of some of the world’s great electrical companies e.g. GE of America, Philips, Siemens Osram, and Toshiba.

·         Energy crisis, the environment and rapidly rising cost of electricity.

·         European Commission Directive in March 2009 to phase out the standard incandescent lamp, signalling the death of this great invention.

·         First substitute lamp, the energy saver compact fluorescent lamp, not welcomed by the consumer and causing the industry to rethink.

 

We are now witnessing the passing of this great icon of the twentieth century and the birth of a completely new light source, the LED (Light Emitting Diode). This is regarded by many in the industry as the holy grail of lamps with high efficiency, long life and potentially more consumer friendly.  Whether it will become a popular product and do what the energy saving compact fluorescent lamps never fully achieved remains to be seen. 

 

John Otten is an industry expert who has spent most of his working career within the lighting industry, including in an international role in incandescent/halogen product management and development worldwide

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Blue Ocean Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1907527087
• ISBN 13: 9781907527081
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328