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Lamp

2000 Edward Craven Walker, gadfly, invented the lava lamp, dies at 82 1965 Lava Lamp Day celebrated 1903 Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago; 602 die 1892 U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp 1887 Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 1887 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die 1883 Henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet, Dancing Lamp 1881 Lewis Latimer invents and patents electric lamp with a carbon filament 1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die 1881 Irving Langmuir, inventor, tungsten filament lamp/Nobel 1932 1880 Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp 1879 Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp 1849 M Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning, he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine and oil on his clothing and sees cleaning effect 1829 Humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84 1815 Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents miner's safety lamp

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