Recent Updates

To facilitate navigation of the site and quickly find the latest updates and additions, a chronological list of new material can be found below.  New files can be accessed directly from this page by clicking on the appropriate title in the following list:

04-II-2012 Osira 1940 Fluorescent Tube Brochure
04-II-2012 Compagnie des Lampes Catalogue 1965
01-I-2012 Westinghouse 1950 Mercury Lamp Brochure
01-I-2012 AEI MA, SO/H and CSI 400W Datasheets
18-XII-2011 Updated Sodium AC Technical Section
04-XII-2011 Philips Half Coated QL Electrodeless Demonstration Lamp
19-XI-2011 Updated technical section on sodium lamp technology
05-XI-2011 Updated technical section on incandescent lamp technology
30-X-2011 Updated technical section on fluorescent lamp technology
27-IX-2011 Philips Dutch Catalogue 1984
25-IX-2011 Philips SOI/H 45W Low Pressure Sodium for Darkroom Safelights
25-IX-2011 GE SSL-5 Infrared LED
28-VIII-2011 Philips? TO-46 Large Junction Red LED
20-VIII-2011 Thorn TO-18 Gallium Arsenide Phosphide Red LED
20-VIII-2011 Thorn TO-18 Gallium Arsenide Phosphide Yellow LED
19-VII-2011 Thorn Lighting UK Catalogue 1969/70
19-VII-2011 Atlas Lamps UK Catalogue 1940
19-VII-2011 Osram-GEC UK Tungsten Lamp Catalogue 1910
19-VII-2011 Osram Germany Catalogue 1962
19-VII-2011 Osram Germany Catalogue c.1959
16-VII-2011 Royal Ediswan UK Catalogue 1952
16-VII-2011 Royal Ediswan UK Catalogue 1948
16-VII-2011 Royal Ediswan UK Catalogue 1921
16-VII-2011 Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company Catalogue 1913 (Tantalum Lamps)
16-VII-2011 Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company Catalogue 1910 (Sintered Tungsten Lamps)
16-VII-2011 Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company Catalogue 1896
16-VII-2011 Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company Catalogue 1893
16-VII-2011 Philips France Catalogue 1959-60
16-VII-2011 Philips UK Catalogue 1953
13-VII-2011 Philips Belgium Catalogue 1941
13-VII-2011 Several issues of "The Outshining Light" added
12-VII-2011 Several issues of "Mazda House News" added
02-VI-2011 Several issues of "Thorn Lighting Journal" added, in new literature category for industrial journals
28-V-2011 Philips XL 20W Prototype Electrodeless Induction lamp
28-V-2011 GE Multi-Vapor 400W Base Down lamp of early sodium-scandium design
28-V-2011 Philips HPI/T 2000W High Wattage Metal Halide of First Generation
28-V-2011 Osram ColorStar DSX-T 80W - White Sodium Lamp with Variable Colour Temperature
28-V-2011 Philips HPI-BUS 400W Self-Starting Metal Halide
28-V-2011 Fujifilm type SM Double-Reflector Incandescent Lamp for Film Projection
02-IV-2011 Philips Master LEDbulb Glow 7W with Remote Phosphor
30-I-2011 Philips HPL Deluxe with Coarse Grained Vanadate Phosphor
23-XII-2010 Philips MasterClassic Halogen IRC with Integrated Transformer
23-XII-2010 Philips LEDi 806 lumen Retrofit with Remote Phosphor
10-VII-2010 Hewlett-Packard 5082-4403 LED in Early T-1¾ Package with Diffuse Epoxy & Metal Flange
10-VII-2010 Thorn Lighting UK Catalogue 1989/90
03-VII-2010 Fairchild Semiconductor Red LED with High On/Off Contrast Ratio
27-VI-2010 Monsanto MV1 First Commercial Visible Light LED
01-V-2010 GE Infrared Reflector with Ruby Front Hardglass Bulb
24-IV-2010 Edison Mazda 'C' 500W Gas-filled Tungsten of early design
17-IV-2010 GE Sintered Tungsten Filament of 1909 with frosted bulb crown
22-VIII-2009 Philips K/9 Linear Halogen incorporating dual fusing chambers in the pinch seals
19-VII-2009 Timeline of Mercury Lamp Developments
18-VII-2008 Edison New Type lamp of 1893-1899 pattern with squirted cellulose filament
25-VI-2009 GE USA Lamp Catalogue 1960
25-VI-2009 GE USA Lamp Catalogue 1948
25-VI-2009 GE USA Lamp Catalogue 1937
19-VI-2009 Osram-GEC UK Lamp Catalogue 1959
19-VI-2009 Osram-GEC UK Lamp Catalogue 1951
19-VI-2009 Osram-GEC UK Lamp Catalogue 1937
19-VI-2009 Osram-GEC UK Lamp Catalogue 1932
19-VI-2009 BTH-Mazda UK Lamp Catalogue 1954
19-VI-2009 BTH-Mazda UK Lamp Catalogue 1937
19-VI-2009 BTH-Mazda UK Lamp Catalogue 1929
13-VI-2009 Osram-GEC UK Lamp Catalogue 1975
11-VI-2009 BTH-Mazda UK Lamp Catalogue 1947
11-VI-2009 Link John Mitchell website
20-II-2009 French Mazda Rectalux Side Mirror Incandescent
17-I-2009 New technical section on incandescent lamp technology
28-XII-2008 Philips Crown Silver Inside Frosted Display lamp
28-XII-2008 Atlas Tru-Flector Projection Lamp with Offset Filament axis - A1/24 DFN
28-XII-2008 Osram DecoPin G9 Mains Voltage Halogen Reflector
28-XII-2008 Atlas U-Tube Halogen Photoflood - P1/19
24-XII-2008 Osram Halolux Classic A-shape GLS Retrofit
24-XII-2008 Sylvania ES50 50W - The First GU10 Lamp
11-XI-2008 Thorn MR16 with Bayonet Cap - M/57 GBT
10-XI-2008 Thorn AR48 with Glass Front Lens - M/53
10-XI-2008 Atlas Low Voltage Bosch Incandescent Reflector
10-X-2008 Osram Halostar Maxi Spot AR70 Aluminium Reflector - 41980SP M/160
08-X-2008 Osram-GEC A1/215 Projector Lamp - World's first Single Ended Halogen capsule
29-IX-2008 Philips Master GreenPower 1000W TD
29-IX-2008 Sylvania Professional DeLuxe MR16 Sealed - M269 BAB
29-IX-2008 Sylvania Tru-Aim Professional MR16 Sealed - M250 EXZ
29-IX-2008 Osram Halostar KLR51 1st Generation - M50 EXZ
29-IX-2008 Sylvania Tru-Aim MR16 Energy Saver - 42W EYR
14-VII-2008 Thorn Lightstream Low Voltage Dichroic Mirror Lamp - M50 EXZ
12-VII-2008 Osglim Neon Glow lamp, with Letter shaped electrodes for early illuminated signs
12-VII-2008 Osram HaloPin - the first mains voltage capsule for open fixtures
12-VII-2008 Philips AR56 Aluminium Reflector Halogen - type GBK
12-VII-2008 General Electric Quartzline EJM - the first MR16 Dichroic Reflector
12-VII-2008 Mazda Low Voltage Halogen Capsule for Spotlighting
12-VII-2008 Philips Halogena Low Wattage Double Jacket Halogen
09-VII-2008 Philips IODE High Efficacy Double Jacket Halogen
17-II-2008 GE Tungsten Halogen of first design for Theatre & Stage Applications
17-II-2008 GE Tungsten Halogen Double Ended of first design for Overhead Projectors
10-II-2008 Sylvania Ellipsoidal Reflector Incandescent for European Market
03-II-2008 Second Generation Planar Filament Halogen Lamp - GE Q2000T11/4CL
03-II-2008 First Generation Planar Filament Halogen Lamp - GE Q750T20/4CL
30-I-2008 Duro-Test First Inrared-Recycling Incandescent Lamp
18-I-2008 Osram-GEC Early Drawn Tungsten Wire Filament
13-I-2008 Sylvania DNF - Dichroic Miniature Sealed Beam for 8mm Projector
4-I-2008 GE Tantalum Filament 25W 120V of American design
3-I-2008 Philips HalfWatt Gas Filled Tungsten 100W 110V
3-I-2008 Edison Carbonised Bamboo Filament Lamp of 1884 pattern
3-I-2008 Addition of Incandescent and Tungsten Halogen product categories
6-X-2007 Philips Philora Direct Current Sodium Discharge
3-I-2008 Addition of Incandescent and Tungsten Halogen product categories
29-IX-2007 GE ConstantColor Ceramic Metal Halide 20W in MR16 Reflector
29-IX-2007 Welch Allyn 3W Experimental Miniature Metal Halide Arc Tube
29-IX-2007 Wotan Powerstar Daylight Metal Halide HQI-T 400W / DV
30-VI-2007 Philips HPK 125/L Laboratory Mercury Lamp
09-VI-2007 Norelco / Philips SON-T 250W made for American market
15-IV-2007 Philips HP/AB 400W Early design UV Metal Halide lamp
15-IV-2007 Westinghouse Safety Lifeguard H33GL-T400/DX with improved cut-out design
27-I-2007 Philips HO2000 450W Dutch style medium pressure mercury
30-XI-2006 XHTML compatible site format introduced
22-VII-2006 Osram HgH1000 265W German style medium pressure mercury lamp
22-VII-2006 Musco Metal Halide Z-Lamp 1500W
22-VII-2006 Philips UHP 120W First Generation lamp
21-VII-2006 Duro-Test Fluomeric Self-Ballasted Mercury 450W half coated
09-VII-2006 Tesla SHC 70W Sodium with Monolithic 2-part PCA
09-VII-2006 Narva NC400-04 Gallium-Indium Halide Lamp
09-VII-2006 Philips SL1000 First Compact Fluorescent Prototype
25-VI-2006 DuroTest Safe-T-Vapor 175W Mercury lamp with Oxygen Fuse
25-VI-2006 Osram-GEC MB/D 80W First Quartz lamp with Molybdenum Ribbon Seals
25-VI-2006 WelchAllyn 10-watt Metal Halide
25-VI-2006 GE A-H5 High Pressure Mercury
25-VI-2006 GE A-H1 Medium Pressure Mercury
16-VI-2006 Philips SL*18R CFL Reflector lamp for Horticulture
18-IV-2006 Osram-GEC Solarstream SON-L 250W Gas-Filled Linear Sodium
18-IV-2006 Osram Vialox NAV-TS 400W Vacuum Linear Sodium
21-III-2006 GE Bonus Line Mercury 175W
21-III-2006 Tungsram HgMIF 400/DH Rare Earth Metal Halide
21-III-2006 Philips CFL-i Tornado Spiral shaped
21-III-2006 GE Light Engine Xenon Metal Halide
19-III-2006 YaMing Red Metal Halide JLC250
19-III-2006 Sylvania Super Metalarc Vertical 1000W
19-II-2006 GEC MEI 2500W Coolseal with Supercool Leads
19-II-2006 Sylvania BriteArc Double Ended 12,000 Watt
18-II-2006 Mazda MCFA/U Nickel Stripe Instant Start Fluorescent
18-II-2006 Wotan Circolux Electronica Compact Fluorescent
17-II-2006 Wotan HQI-R 250W / NDL Reflector Metal Halide
15-II-2006 Philips CDMR-i 25W Mastercolour Integrated Ballast PAR38
28-XII-2005 GE CMH-TT 250W/830 High Wattage CMH with single piece arc tube
23-X-2005 Westinghouse H400/Y "Caution Yellow" Mercury Fluorescent
23-X-2005 Westinghouse H400/R "Beauty Lite" Mercury Fluorescent
19-IX-2005 Osram MAF/V 400W Mercury with Zinc Cadmium Sulphide phosphor
19-IX-2005 Sylvania H45AZ 40W Mercury Discharge
24-VII-2005 Osira ME/H 500W Compact Source Mercury
24-VII-2005 Osram ME/D 250W Compact Source Mercury
23-VII-2005 Osram HQI-R 150W/FO Fibre Optic Metal Halide
23-VII-2005 Philips Nightlight CFL with Integrated LED feature
23-VII-2005 Philips "Genie" Asian Low-Cost Compact Fluorescent
23-VII-2005 GE-Thorn Electrodeless Induction Self-Ballasted
25-VI-2005 Thorn MBIF/H/S Lithium doped lamp for Marks & Spencer
30-IV-2005 GE S-1 Sunlight Mercury
17-IV-2005 GE NE-42 Negative Glow Neon Discharge
17-IV-2005 Thorn CMH 70W Ceramic Metal Halide of experimental design
17-IV-2005 Narva NC400-00 Mercury Halide of sodium-lithium-indium-thallium style
20-II-2005 Narva NF125-00 Mercury with cermet emitter pellet electrodes
19-II-2005 Update of links including new addition to Novalamp
23-I-2005 Philips SN 220W Tin Halide 
23-I-2005 Japan Storage Battery Co. - 230W Ceramic Metal Halide
23-I-2005 Polam LRF 125W Mercury with Vanadate-Orthophosphate phosphor blend
23-I-2005 Sylvania H175/DX Deluxe White Mercury
23-I-2005 Sylvania H100/C Colour Improved Mercury
09-I-2005 Thorn Ceramic Metal Halide with Sapphire arc tube
09-I-2005 Philips CDM-TD Ceramic Metal Halide 150W / 830
09-I-2005 Philips CDM-R Ceramic Metal Halide 35W / 830
09-I-2005 Philips CDM-E Ceramic Metal Halide 70W / 830
09-I-2005 Philips CDM-T Ceramic Metal Halide 35W / 830
09-I-2005 Narva NF125-21 Ellipsoidal Reflector Mercury Discharge
05-I-2005 Narva HQLG 400-01 Goldweiß Fluorogermanate Mercury Discharge
31-XII-2004 Narva HQLS 250-01 Silberweiß Orthophosphate Mercury Discharge
31-XII-2004 Thorn Half Coated Demonstration Mercury lamp
21-XI-2004 Philips SO/H Bamboo Style low pressure sodium
21-XI-2004 TOTO Ceramic Metal Halide with Transparent YAG arc tube
20-XI-2004 GE 'First Light' Halarc Electronic Self Ballasted Metal Halide
10-X-2004 Philips Philora MA/V 250W Medium Pressure Mercury
10-X-2004 Sylvania H33-1CD Mercury lamp with flat girder frame construction
06-X-2004 Westinghouse Corstar high pressure sodium with Sapphire arc tube
06-IX-2004 Osram Planon Dielectric Barrier Excimer discharge
06-IX-2004 Sylvania H44GS-100 Sealed Beam Mercury Reflector
06-IX-2004 Philips ML 500 early version mercury blended
31-VIII-2004 Philips MHN-T 70W Open Fixture Metal Halide
22-VIII-2004 Philips Cleo HPA400/S Iron-Cobalt Halide Sun Tanning
22-VIII-2004 Philips ML 160W Clear, of new design for automated production
22-VIII-2004 Westinghouse Canadian C150S56 High Pressure Sodium
22-VIII-2004 Thorn MBI-T 250W Tri-band Metal Halide
21-VIII-2004 Link to new website of Victory Lighting
21-VIII-2004 Link to new website of SLI Lighting USA
19-V-2004 Iwasaki Miniature Reflector Mercury HR50W/S
19-V-2004 Sylvania BriteBeam 200W/PAR36 Metal Halide Reflector
18-V-2004 Sylvania Warmtone Mercury H38JA-100/N
29-XII-2003 Sylvania Strobotron Neon discharge
29-XII-2003 Sylvania Zirconium Oxide Concentrated Arc Lamp B25
29-XII-2003 GE 'Photo-micrographic' Tungsten Arc Source
29-XII-2003 Shanghai Hongyuan Saturn No.2 Electrodeless Fluorescent
29-XII-2003 Philips VeDiLiS H4 Automotive Metal Halide Prototype
21-XII-2003 Link to new collectors website - Stanislav Slabyhoudek
14-XII-2003 Philips TL Mini Aperture Fluorescent
14-XII-2003 XingJi Mercury with Halogen Ballast Filament
14-XII-2003 Osram HQV 80W Blacklight Mercury
14-XII-2003 Sylvania Lumalux LU200 High Pressure Sodium
13-XII-2003 Tesla Green Mercury Halide RVIZ 400W
11-XII-2003 Link to new collectors website - Frank Andrews
31-X-2003 Link to new collectors websites - Stefan Lichtparade and Lampenmuseum.de
10-X-2003 Matsushita 12W Electrodeless Pa-Look Ball YOU
9-X-2003 Osram-GEC Blue Mercury Halide MBI 400W
5-X-2003 Thorn First Generation 70W SON, Wide Bore PCA
5-X-2003 Westinghouse High Lumen 400W Mercury with strontium zinc orthophosphate H33-1-GL/W
5-X-2003 Selection of German Osram Spectral lamps
22-IX-2003 Philips 250W HPL Mercury with Magnesium Arsenate phosphor and carbon dioxide filling
21-IX-2003 Philips 150W SON-T Deco, high colour rendering lamp
21-IX-2003 GE 160W Self-Ballasted Mercury, low voltage style
21-IX-2003 Iwasaki ColorArc PAR36
21-IX-2003 Osram HNS10/U Ozone Free Germicidal
21-IX-2003 Philips Master SOX PSG 35W Low Pressure Sodium
21-IX-2003 Technical page on failure of sodium lamps
07-IX-2003 British 1950's Television advertising added to videos section
31-VIII-2003 Thorn MBIL 1500W Linear Metal Halide
31-VIII-2003 Wujin Lijia KK - First Chinese Ceramic Metal Halide
31-VIII-2003 Osram HQI-BT 400W Daylight Metal Halide
31-VIII-2003 Mazda MAIH 2000 B High Wattage Metal Halide
25-VIII-2003 New technical section on mercury lamp technology
22-VIII-2003 Philips D2S Ultinon 6000K Automotive Headlight
22-VIII-2003 Philips CDM-R111 Ceramic Metal Halide
07-VIII-2003 TV Advertisement for new Matsushita Electrodeless Pa-Look Ball YOU lamp
07-VIII-2003 Iwasaki 150W Sunlux Ultra Ace Sodium to replace 175W Mercury
07-VIII-2003 Iwasaki 400W Blacklight Mercury
24-VII-2003 New link to Landesmuseum-Mannheim - outstanding incandescent lamp collection
20-VII-2003 Osram Endura Induction lamp
16-VII-2003 Sulphur Electrodeless Microwave-frequency lamp
09-VII-2003 Updated link to Maxime Gendre new website - check it out!
09-VII-2003 GE Purple-X Blacklight lamp
06-VII-2003 Toshiba 200W Mercury with strontium orthophosphate coating
06-VII-2003 Philips HPL-Comfort 80W with YAG Phosphor blend
06-VII-2003 Atlas 250W Mercury-Blended (old style)
16-VI-2003 Iwasaki 2,000W Mercury Discharge
08-VI-2003 Iwasaki High-CRI ColorArc Metal Halide
07-VI-2003 Crompton MB/U 80W Uncoated Mercury Discharge
07-VI-2003 Iwasaki 5-Band 'FEC Multi Super Ace' Metal Halide
07-VI-2003 Sylvania BriteSpot MR16 Metal Halide
07-VI-2003 GE PXA-80 Pulsed Xenon Arc
31-V-2003 Videos showing the failure of good and poorly fused 240-Volt Halogen capsules
31-V-2003 Philips Thulium Lamp MHN 70W
17-V-2003 Philips UK Lamp Catalogue 1965
13-V-2003 Videos showing the various internal ignitors for HID lamps in action
11-V-2003 Mazda 1958 data sheets for SO & MA products
25-IV-2003 GE H2 250W Medium Pressure Mercury
25-IV-2003 Osram HBO 3500W Short Arc Mercury
18-IV-2003 Osram "Caution Yellow" HQL/5 250W Mercury
18-IV-2003 GEC MBFR 125W Mercury Reflector
13-IV-2003 Sylvania Metalarc 100W Compact Metal Halide
13-IV-2003 GE Halarc 32W Compact DC Metal Halide
13-IV-2003 GE Multi-Vapor II 175W with internal electronic ignitor
13-IV-2003 GE-Thorn 5000W MB Linear UV
13-IV-2003 GE 85W Ultra-Violet Lab Arc
13-IV-2003 GE 70W SON with internal electronic ignitor
13-IV-2003 Osram 70W SON-Plus experimental design
13-IV-2003 Thorn MBFR 400W Mercury Reflector
13-IV-2003 GEC MBF 1000W Mercury
13-IV-2003 Philips MLR 160W Mercury Blended
11-IV-2003 Philips TW6 Low Pressure Blacklight
11-IV-2003 Philips PL*9 First Compact Fluorescent
23-III-2003 BTH-Mazda British Lamp Catalogue, 1954
23-III-2003 Reflux Side Mirror 400W SON
23-III-2003 Sylvania MicroLynx F
23-III-2003 Bumix Jupiter 860W Mercury-Tungsten
16-III-2003 Philips Electrodeless QL 85W
15-III-2003 Osram Mercury HQA 125W
15-III-2003 GE Mercury H25DE
23-II-2003 Osram-GEC British Lamp Catalogue, 1951
21-II-2003 Home page redesign
11-II-2003 Links to related sites
01-II-2003 Links to lamp manufacturers
28-I-2003 Video of the tungsten halogen cycle in action
16-I-2003 New format site introduced