Timeline of Electricity. 1570. William Gilbert (1540-1603) demonstrates attractive and repulsive force from rubbing many substances together (electrostatic charge); calls them "electrics," and ...

650 lamps, dating back to the 5th century BC, are on display at a church in Ho Chi Minh City. A collection of ancient Vietnamese lamps, with the theme "Light for all people", is on display at the ...

IN the Revue Scientifique of October 28, M. R. Boutville gives an interesting account of the public lighting of Paris from the earliest times until the end of the nineteenth century. He points out ...