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  2. John Henry Holmes - Wikipedia

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    The company was very active in the early proliferation of electric lighting, having installed Newcastle's first domestic electrical lighting into their father's house, and supplied installations throughout Europe and the British colonies, [6] making deals in the United States as well. [7] John Henry Holmes invented the quick break light switch ...

  3. Light switch - Wikipedia

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    Two light switches in one box. The switch on the right is a dimmer switch. The switch box is covered by a decorative plate. The first light switch employing "quick-break technology" was invented by John Henry Holmes in 1884 in the Shieldfield district of Newcastle upon Tyne. [1]

  4. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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    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. [17] 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.

  5. Menlo Micro, a startup bringing semiconductor tech to the ...

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    Based in Irvine, California, Menlo Micro takes its name from the Menlo Park, New Jersey research lab where Thomas Edison patented the first light switch back in 1893 -- and the company's ties to ...

  6. Switch - Wikipedia

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    A switch may be directly manipulated by a human as a control signal to a system, such as a computer keyboard button, or to control power flow in a circuit, such as a light switch. Automatically operated switches can be used to control the motions of machines, for example, to indicate that a garage door has reached its full open position or that ...

  7. History of electric power transmission - Wikipedia

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    Service charges for light from sundown to midnight was $10 per lamp per week. [ 9 ] [ 12 ] Grand Rapids Electric Light & Power Company, established in March 1880 by William T. Powers and others, began operation of the world's first commercial central station hydroelectric power plant, Saturday, July 24, 1880, getting power from Wolverine Chair ...

  8. Astronomers Found the Ancient Light Source That Literally ...

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    This is the first time that these galaxies have been imaged in such detail, and the first time scientists were able to confirm that they produced enough radiation to end the light-less tyranny of ...

  9. 'As foretold in the prophecy': Elon Musk and internet react ...

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    Tesla's stock price reached $420 on Wednesday afternoon, which elicited responses from social media users and the company's CEO, Elon Musk. "As foretold in the prophecy," Musk wrote in an X post ...