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The lighthouse was built in 1849 and is the second oldest in New Jersey, with only the Sandy Hook Light, which was built in 1764, being older. [4] The light was inactive from 1941 and was nearly destroyed by fire in 1971. The light was reinstated by the United States Coast Guard in 1980. Exterior restoration was completed in 1999.
The 5 red lights attached to balloons released by Chris Russo and Joe Rudy over the skies of Morristown, NJ. The 2009 Morristown UFO hoax [1] [2] was a series of aerial events involving mysterious floating red lights in the sky, that first occurred near Morristown, New Jersey, on Monday, January 5, 2009, between 8:15 pm and 9:00 pm.
1962 Nick Holonyak Jr. develops the first practical visible-spectrum (red) light-emitting diode. 1963 Kurt Schmidt invents the first high pressure sodium-vapor lamp. [18] 1972 M. George Craford invents the first yellow light-emitting diode. 1972 Herbert Paul Maruska and Jacques Pankove create the first violet light-emitting diode.
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The first Light-Emitting Diode was created in 1927 by Russian inventor Oleg Losev, [1] and used silicon carbide as a semiconductor. However, electroluminescence as a phenomenon was discovered twenty years earlier by the English experimenter Henry Joseph Round of Marconi Labs , using the same crystal and a cat's-whisker detector .
The north tower light was discontinued in 1898; at the same time the south tower was electrified, one of the first lighthouses in the United States to do so. It was automated in 1949, but was discontinued in 1952 as the importance of the light diminished. In 1962, the site was turned over to the state of New Jersey, by the Borough of Highlands. [8]
If you were up early Wednesday morning with a clear view of the sky, you may have been treated to a rare sight. A SpaceX rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral just before 5 a.m. Within a few ...
What to do if you see drones in New Jersey The FBI asks that anyone who sees the drones call 1-800-225-5324 or submit tips and video footage at www.tips.fbi.gov . Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a ...