| 单词 | electric light |
| 例句 | There was no heat or electric light either. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Every hallway and room, it seemed, was lit up with electric lights; Ophie had never known anyone who actually had electricity in their house. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z His black hair shone under the electric light. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I liked it as soon as I saw it because, unlike our tent, it had wooden floors, electric lights, and heat. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Because British municipal governments had invested heavily in gas lighting and placed regulatory obstacles in the way of the competing electric light companies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Because while the electric lights of downtown make for some nice sightseeing, I can also see the Trial stadium looming off in the east. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The electric lights in the ceiling are far apart, and the silence in the huge space is oppressive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I felt for the electric light switch on the wall and turned it on. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I had lived in Santurce, and I could tell her about things like electric light bulbs and shower nozzles. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He leans forward, a shine in his eyes that I’m pretty sure ain’t entirely from the electric lights. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z An electric light was on the other side of the room and he went to it and pulled the chain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “She wants electric lights and an electric stove.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She could almost imagine the electric lights of Zimbabwe, but when darkness fell there was not a shred of light in the forest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Bed—without canopy—dresser, closet, electric light, television, radio, electric clock, books. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There were no dark corners—no possible sliding panels—it was flooded with electric light—everything was new and bright and shining. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z They made their way past beer gardens illuminated by bright strings of electric lights, full of people singing gaily, dancing polkas, and hoisting steins of beer in their direction. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But the luxuries of which Snowball had once taught the animals to dream, the stalls with electric light and hot and cold water, and the three-day week, were no longer talked about. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z There was no electric light down here, no heating either, or any other comforts, only the quiet tombs and the mice scurrying over the cracked flagstones of the floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “But...what about the other families? Are they happy with the electric lights, and the gourmet meals, these big houses?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I think back to the night of Mayor Carrs dinner party—the electric lights on his house, the newspaperman who was mysteriously bitten. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She has electric light in the house and her own lavatory in the backyard. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I like the sound of this Capricorn less and less! OK, let’s get this over and done with. I want to go home to my books, real electric light, and a nice cup of coffee.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z ‘You haves grand electric lights. It don’t seem natural why you all the time sitting in the dark like this.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Men set up booths, hung strings of electric lights, and put the final coat of paint on the new gazebo. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We pushed aside curtains that were like pavilions and felt over innumerable feet of dark wall for electric light switches--once I tumbled with a sort of splash upon the keys of a ghostly piano. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Up more steps we went, and another elevator, until we came to another huge chamber, this one lit with electric light again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She wants to switch from gaslight to electric light someday so that she’ll have a little red light under the statue forever. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The electric lights, the various mechanical pieces spread across the worktable, the shelf of neatly labeled solvents—the tinkerers laboratory is a completely different world than the one I was used to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I thought to myself that anybody who could get Grandpa to buy a car would have a bathroom in no time, and maybe even electric lights and a telephone. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But most important, we noticed that there was an electric light in the tractor shed. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z And when the door opens, electric lights paint the walls a garish, thrilling pink. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Very soon we left the electric lights behind and could see only as far ahead of us as our kapo’s carbide headlamp. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The man Jack’s eyes were accustomed to the dim moonlight, so he had no desire to turn on an electric light. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z This hallway is lit by electric lights, and I take the time to watch Mr. Gideon. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The troll had been temporarily blinded by the electric light and was thrashing about in the center of the floor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Never more turn off the switch of that electric light. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Defense leaders, taking the attitude that “anything can happen,” warned islanders to be on the alert to black out electric lights on extremely short notice. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Turning on the electric lights, Jinjoo immediately searched for food in the kitchen. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He looked up at her, under the electric light. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Now the electric lights worked only in first class, and even then sporadically. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It is a long time before I see electric light again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Then it came to her: She was looking at an electric light. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the high buildings above, gas and electric lights bloomed in the dusk like moonflowers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Goodbye to the three electric lights in the ceiling that seemed always, no matter where you sat, to cast the shadow of your head over the page you were writing on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There were hot showers, exercise facilities, electric lights, and a spacious dormitory, complete with extra-long beds. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And she hurried across the landing to the electric light switch. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Most of the houses around us were no better than the ones in Macún, but there was running water into the kitchen and electric light bulbs in the middle of every room. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The electric lights cast them in alternating pools of glare and shadow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The electric lights in the little room flickered and buzzed, then they went out. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z As day turned into night and soft music began, the gentlemen of Manifest took their ladies’ hands and escorted them onto the open-air dance floor lit by a canopy of electric lights. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The Durham Commercial Club celebrated its hometown in 1913 with this forty-by-fifty-foot sign, its confident message spelled out in colored electric lights. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I watch the fringe disappear in the rearview mirror, distinct from the abandoned buildings around it only by that string of electric lights draped over the narrow street. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “The El Cheapo Marines use this candlelight because they hate spending a dollar or two on electric lights.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Father showed me a device which he called an electric light. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z At night it fell past the electric lights in sheets so thick they were nearly opaque. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They were furnished with gas lamps instead of electric lights, and multiple families shared toilets located in hallways or even, in some cases, in backyards. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Our mess tent, a cavernous canvas structure, was furnished with an enormous stone table, a stereo system, a library, and solar- powered electric lights; an adjacent communications tent housed a satellite phone and fax. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His eyes had a wide-open look of astonishment and his waxy skin gleamed in the electric light. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At the end of the corridor the electric light went on, blinding after the darkness. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It wasn’t like sunlight, and it wasn’t like electric light, or lamps, or candles, or any other light they had ever seen. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Farmhouses with electric lights burning in the windows. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z This is not the blue white light of day but a yellow electric light. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw the pink room, long highways, TV sets, telephones, and electric lights. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This proved futile, and when I decided eventually to rise, it was still so dark that I was obliged to turn on the electric light in order to shave at the sink in the comer. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z On Saturdays we used the electric lights so that last-minute Sunday shoppers could look down the hill and see if the Store was open. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z With its gorgeous classical buildings packed with art, its clean water and electric lights, and its overstaffed police department, the exposition was Chicago’s conscience, the city it wanted to become. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “But the last time Mr. Crane found money to help us out, the school board went and used it to put up those electric lights on their football field. Out of spite, I think.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z On earth, astronomers are hindered by electric lights and radio signals that pollute the night sky, but on the back side of the moon astronomers could view the universe without interference. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There ain’t no electric lights, just good old kerosene lanterns set into a nook here and there, and I grab one to make my passage easier. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With a slightly rheumatic grunt, he climbed into bed and turned out the electric light. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Did that explain why they had books and electric lights and wires and an electric motor? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Voices and laughter, cigarette smoke and strange sweet smells I don’t recognize wash through sudden bursts of music and electric light. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z We arrived around sunset, and already there were more electric lights burning in the city than I’d ever seen at one time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The electric lights in the windows of the hospital, men and women running in and out the front doors in a hurry. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The ladies on the block got him to fix their electric lights or sewing-machines when something went wrong. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The flies were on the ceiling now and on the electric light bulbs that hung on wires. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The streets were strung with red and green electric lights because of the holidays. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He ordered the builder of the Electricity Building to double his workforce and to put the men to work at night under electric lights. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I want to cry, just think- ing about the extra hours of sleep, the clean mattress, warm showers, indoor toilets, electric lights. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z You can feel it: it’s like the hum of electric lights, the change in atmosphere as the train pulls up to the red signal. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The electric light made high lights on the dull oiled leather. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I had been told by the twins that Henry disliked electric lights, and here and there I saw kerosene lamps in the windowsills. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Fittingly, in June a switch is thrown, and electric light illuminates the exhibitions for the first time. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The cracked yellow walls were lined with electric lights in wire cages, posters for old shows, and photographs of actors who had appeared in the theatre over the years. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The small businessmen, government workers, and artisans who lived here could not afford the mansions of the Refined, but most of their homes were equipped with indoor plumbing, electric lights, and gas for cooking. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “No motorcars, very few telephones, not many electric lights. Even though it was the beginning of the twentieth century, you still very much felt the influence of the nineteenth century.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Electricity, he said, could operate threshing machines, ploughs, harrows, rollers, and reapers and binders, besides supplying every stall with its own electric light, hot and cold water, and an electric heater. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z There was even a football stadium with electric lights. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z No cook-fires shone beyond the trees, and there was no trace of the electric lights Grandmother had described. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll get money some day for a house or a flat with electric light and a lavatory and beds with sheets blankets pillows like the rest of the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z On Saturday nights they played at a dance hall in nearby Blyn, where a farmer had turned, with the addition of some strings of electric lights, his chicken coop into Sequim’s most popular dance venue. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The bootblack knelt down beside the one at work and started on Mike's free shoe that shone already in the electric light. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I laid Helena on a bench in an austere hallway bright with electric light, and two of the policemen searched my knapsack. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The electric lights detracted, but when the sun rose the display would show at its best advantage. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Maybe he’d been too busy gloating over the twins’ delight at the neat little oil camp house with its running hot water, electric lights, and fancy appliances. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Imagine standing in a field at night and trying to decide how far away two distant electric lights are. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Milkman fished for another cigarette and watched dawn eclipse the electric light over the sink. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The carrousel is fringed with electric lights—quite a novelty for a story that opens in the Regency era. Amazon’s New “Vanity Fair” Turns Becky Sharp Into an Endearing, Plucky Go-Getter 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z ‘The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America’ Imagine a world without electric light — a world of candles, lanterns and flickering, smoky gaslights. ‘The Age of Edison’: The light bulb creates a new era 2013-03-07T20:48:34Z Speakers play the sounds of rain and thunder, and flashing electric lights mimic lightning. Governors Island Art Fair Fills Colonels’ Row 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z He delighted in the ship’s luxuries, including the 70 electric light bulbs illuminating his cabin. When Puccini Came, Saw and Conquered New York City 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z It was familiar, with modern conveniences like electric lights and automobiles, but the habits and customs still drew on older Victorian models. Perspective | How one writer shook up the Golden Age detective novel 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The prologue, in Putivl, takes place in a simple public meeting room with yellow-beige walls, a ceiling of wood beams and dangling electric lights. Music Review: A New Vision for ‘Prince Igor’ at the Met 2014-02-07T11:38:03Z Subtract the electric lights and the diesel engine and this was the reality for sailors on ships such as the Lady Washington in its day. Cruising California’s coast on the tall ship Lady Washington 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Like the Internet, much of the invention around the electric light was by users. ‘The Age of Edison’: The light bulb creates a new era 2013-03-07T20:48:34Z There will be electric lights resembling neon of The Strip. Met abandons Bondy `Rigoletto' for Vegas version 2012-02-24T00:15:09Z She created a rose decorated jack-o’-lantern and lit it up with an electric light bulb. Pumpkins as art: Seattle artists put their own spin on jack-o’-lanterns 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Before the generator cuts off for the night, I pause outside the staff house, where a pair of electric lights illuminate a painted wall. T Magazine: Send in the Clouds 2011-11-18T13:08:53Z No fumbling and fussing, no arousal-killing dithering – and a godsend if you live in an area without electric lights. Let's get it on: the race for the world's best condom 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z They described a city of noisy energy, of electric lights, dancing, of going out all the time. The Rest is Noise festival: Berlin in the 20s 2013-03-18T15:12:00Z A bronze chandelier hung above, interspersing electric lights with unlit tapers, which leaned and bent as the evening wore on. Gathering, grief and the pandemic Passover 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z That is very, very significant: there’s no electric lights whatsoever, even the radio is driven by some magical power. The Carpetbagger: 'Harry Potter' and the Continuity Question 2012-02-07T14:00:33Z Our recent ancestors would have known this pattern well; after all, electric light has only been with us for just over a century. Human hibernation: the restoring effects of hiding away in winter 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z He also observes that they would be much more likely to pay close attention to the moon and the stars than we do, with our electric lights and internet data. Jane Smiley Explores Ancient Ireland’s Mysterious Tombs 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z “It still irritates me when women say they prefer to live without running water or electric lights,” MacDonald wrote to her literary agent. The plucky author behind the classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z “The Age of Edison” focuses on how people reacted to the electric light and how it changed their lives. ‘The Age of Edison’: The light bulb creates a new era 2013-03-07T20:48:34Z Of course, Edison’s contribution to the development of the electric light warrants a significant write-up, and his legacy deserves a lengthy profile. Where are all the women, Wikipedia? | Laura Bates 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z As humanity dismally fails to rein in its energy demands, here is a chance to enter a world before electric light, before the great illumination that is modernity. Candle-lit theatres belong in the past 2013-04-23T14:20:39Z It still stands as a masterclass in high-energy kicking, punching and stuntmaking, especially the bit where Chan slides down an electric light decoration, knocking hundreds of light bulbs in the air and risking serious electrocution.• Top 10 films set in Hong Kong 2012-07-04T11:00:00Z The famous White City — a collection of neo-Classical buildings lined with electric lights, a dazzling new invention at the time — is mostly long gone. Footsteps: Jewels of Olmsted?s Unspoiled Midwest 2011-09-02T18:18:14Z In fact, they are elaborate, three-dimensional constructions like miniature natural-history dioramas with hidden electric lights making them glow. Art in Review: PATRICK JACOBS: ?Familiar Terrain? 2011-02-10T23:27:25Z For decades, he watched the leading singers and dancers under the new electric lights, and scrutinized the young members of the corps de ballet in the wings and backstage. Degas: A Superfan at the Opera, Where Art Tips Into Obsession 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z When the Dowager Countess complains about the blinding electric light in the living room, Lord Grantham says even his wife, Cora, favors progress. Television Review: Sincerest Forms of Flattery for British Shows 2011-01-06T23:10:24Z With electric lights illuminating its corners and clocks on two sides, it is a beacon of futurity. Art Review | 'Twilight Visions': Shocking Is Poetic at International Center of Photography 2010-03-11T23:02:00Z It's a positively steampunk contraption, a Victorian projection of how a portable electric light might work. Welcome to Sarajevo's designs for survival 2011-03-02T14:40:00Z We even see how he adjusted when street scenes in his beloved Paris began to include electric lights. From 12th Century B.C. to 2017, Art in Startling Variety 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z “When this building was designed in the 1890s, electric light was a rare thing,” Mr. Bey said. Looking at Where Chicago Works 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z “It’s almost a better viewing experience than being crowded at an art fair under electric lights.” First Virtual New York Art Fair Brings Low Energy but Solid Prices 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z There are people reading newspapers or fiddling with electric lights. Review: A Precious Harvest in ‘The Pearl Fishers’ at the Met 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z The main thing Undine has going for her is that she’s gorgeous—her looks “as vivid, and almost as crude” as the electric lights that blaze in her arriviste hotel room. What Edith Wharton Knew, a Century Ago, About Women and Fame in America 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Thater is obliquely addressing a global ecological problem: In urban areas where electric lights are always on, the stars are harder to see. Diana Thater: ‘Science, Fiction’ 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z What once was sorcery maybe now is science, but the wonders technological of which I find myself in full possession, among them indoor plumbing and electric light, I incline to regard as demonstrations magical. My book was a bad idea 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z He is astonished to find that one of the monks has created a working electric light, which is powered by a sort of treadmill. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z In their recommendations of the most luxurious hotels of the time, the Baedeker editors gave the existence of an elevator highest priority, even higher than other epoch-making innovations such as electric lights or central heating. The dying world of “Grand Budapest Hotel” 2014-03-07T23:59:00Z An arrangement of candles, for example, drips with wax even though the glimmering flames are electric lights. Review | In the galleries: An ambitious collage of works by regional photographers 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z But it's Parton's show, her hair as high and flammable as a traditional tree, glowing like an electric light as she rocks in a chair with her guitar. Dolly Parton proves that nothing says Christmas like a magical country mama 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight was also taken with Weatherford's use of electric light. Mary Weatherford receives Artists' Legacy Foundation Artist Award 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z They install their pillows, and then Michael verifies that the electric lights and Wi-Fi are working — preferably before the caretaker leaves — while Debbie scans the kitchen for staples and supplies like sauté pans. This retired Seattle couple sold their house and have traveled the world living in Airbnbs 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z In October 1880, electric light had first been publicly demonstrated by Swan at a lecture at Newcastle's Lit & Phil, of which Armstrong was the president. Palace of a modern magician to glow once more with his water-powered light 2013-03-15T17:00:00Z “Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” Eric Garner and Why Cameras Are Not Magic Wands 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z But by then more than a million Americans were working to manufacture, connect, sell and power the electric light, and a light bulb cost only 17 cents. ‘The Age of Edison’: The light bulb creates a new era 2013-03-07T20:48:34Z She's complaining about the new electric lights, and suddenly she put her fan up to her face to shield herself from `the glare,' and spent the entire scene like that. Hugh Bonneville presides on 'Downton Abbey' finale 2013-02-14T14:56:41Z In 2013, the French troupe Groupe F staged a large-scale outdoor spectacle here, complete with fireworks, dancers clad in electric lights, and performers rigged to float through the air. What's On This Week Around The World 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The tradition began with villages crafting paper lanterns but has evolved into something even more spectacular, with thousands of electric lights adorning the competitors’ efforts. Best overseas breaks at Christmas and new year: readers’ travel tips 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z In a monochromatic Homer canvas that Bowdoin owns, for instance, fountains and gondoliers from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago are shown frozen in nighttime motion and eerily bathed in electric light. Antiques: Ancient Prescriptions From Tibet 2014-03-13T21:51:35Z As lovers, they shared an apartment on Avenue C that lacked a telephone, television or electric lights. They Were Victorian Dandies Who Made Art. Now They’re On the Outs. 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The owners announced that it was “artistically decorated and comfortably furnished, and equipped with every modern convenience,” including elevators, electric lights and rooms with baths. A glance at Seattle’s First Ave. and Madison St., 1905 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Aunt Hager pumps water for her laundry washing, as well as for the cooking and cleaning, yet a few miles away Tempy lives with electric lights and indoor plumbing. How Langston Hughes Brought His Radical Vision to the Novel 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z One hundred and thirty-six years ago to the day, when electric lights were still rare and motion pictures were just a dream, the showmen P.T. Step right up — and fast — for this famed circus’s final act 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z The designers drew on their subject matter for inspiration, exploring images of the bulb itself and the effect of electric light. The Week Ahead: Mar. 25 ? 31 2012-03-23T14:29:22Z And this married couple, who have been dancing together for 30 years, are as interested in the possibilities of new technologies as Fuller was in the performance potential of electric light. Dance Review: Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2010-03-29T21:23:00Z My students seemed never to have considered that these 16th- and 17th-century paintings should not be seen with bright electric lights. The art of learning: Why art history might be the most important subject you could study today 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z The St. Louis Housing Authority advertised a paradise of “bright new buildings with spacious grounds,” indoor plumbing, electric lights, fresh plastered walls and other “conveniences expected in the 20th century.” Critic?s Notebook: Penn South and Pruitt-Igoe, Starkly Different Housing Tales 2012-01-25T19:30:11Z To Ellie, who steps into this capitalist Land of Oz at the other end of a rebellious run across rooftops and down dark, slimy hallways, it's a true spectacle of electric lights and vintage magic. "What is desire?": "The Last of Us" director on the apocalyptic wonder of a trip to the mall 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z They glow, eerily; there is an electric light installed inside the table’s body, which is adorned with strange wooden knobs, switches, and a miniature TV screen. Playing Hoodoo: Renée Stout and “The Rootworker’s Table” 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z There’s not a single electric light in the dining rooms — it’s all candles, all the time. Journeys: In Winter, Berkshires Culture Moves Indoors 2012-01-13T15:05:55Z I stood there taking it in: the angles of the buildings, the contrast of the darkening sky and the soft electric lights, the energy and anticipation swelling here and everywhere across Paris. Lost in Paris 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z For some people, the name John James Audubon means birding the way the name Edison means electric light. Is Social Justice for the Birds? Audubon Attempts an Answer. 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z At night, while their country fell into darkness for lack of electricity, North Korean border guards marveled at the blazing electric lights that lit up the South Korean border fences, Mr. Kim said. Life Along the Korean DMZ, 70 Years After the Fighting Ended 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The program’s name — Ghost Light — refers to the single electric light left on in unoccupied theaters. When theaters went dark in 2020, this L.A. dance residency made inventive use of empty venues 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The Court of Appeals noted that the Swartzentruber Amish use some technology, but don’t own or drive automobiles, and don’t use telephones, electric lights or modern flush toilets. Court sides with Amish families in case that pits septic tank rules against religious beliefs 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Amusement parks, lavishly decorated with electric lights and steam-powered rides, appeared at the end of streetcar and rail lines. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The theatre - which opened in 1949 and held premieres of the biggest Bollywood films of the time - is famous for its frozen fountains and inventive electric lights. WM Namjoshi: The man behind Indian cinema that looks like ice cream 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z “It was like sticking my hand in a live electric light socket,” he said. Seymour Stein, music industry executive who signed Madonna, dies at 80 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z A modern bus terminal has replaced chaotic scenes at the popular Oshodi interchange, while test runs are under way for a new electric light railway which runs past a refurbished National Theatre. Nigeria election 2023: The battle for Lagos 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z They did not use electric lights or listen to the radio on Saturdays, the Sabbath. Ted Lerner, real estate magnate and Nationals owner, dies at 97 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z With electric lights, though, the factory floor could be lit twenty-four hours a day, and workers could labor long into the night in all seasons. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z If only it could be mined for real energy to power cars and electric lights. The fight over Big Con: Ben Shapiro's beef with Stephen Crowder, explained 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The period saw huge advances in science and technology, including the first use of electric light in a home just six years earlier in 1881. Uncovering the men behind the 135-year-old message in a bottle 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Like other houseplants, a tree will appreciate being misted, though be careful about mixing water with strings of electric lights. How to pick the perfect Christmas tree 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z They so far are not helping nations where electric lights and gas cooking remain stubbornly elusive. Climate Aid Is Lacking for Poor Countries That Burn Few Fossil Fuels 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z They dubbed the resulting effect “borrowed light,” and it’s just as relevant a technique today as it was before the advent of electric light — especially in small homes and apartments. How an interior window can shed light on a small space 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Looking up at the low, cobwebbed ceiling, from which an electric light hung, she said, “It needs a vent up there.” Resisting Israeli Efforts to Displace Them, Palestinians Move Into Caves 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z “Angelino” first appeared in The Times in March of 1887, in a story about new electric lights and smallpox worries, and for more than a century thereafter counted only 300-some citations in news articles. Knock it off with ‘Angelino.’ People in L.A. are ‘Angelenos,’ and that’s that 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z It’s a decision also facing fruit and vegetable growers in the Netherlands who are key to Europe’s winter food supply: shutter greenhouses or take a loss after costs skyrocketed for gas heating and electric light. Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z He switched on the electric lights, which emit a whiter tint, and voilà: The mac and cheese looked yellow again. Why does paint look good in stores but bad on your wall? It’s science. 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z In ancient days, before electric lights robbed so many people of the beauty of the sky, the stars and planets were an important aspect of everyone’s daily life. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z New electric lights and powerful machinery allowed factories to run twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z A hillside twinkling with fireflies required 30,000 electric lights and a special transformer to carry the additional load of electricity. Once upon a time, a theatrical 'Dream' came true at the Hollywood Bowl 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Outside the restaurant, electric lights strung from house to house bathed Akre’s main avenue in astringent pinks. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z New inventions, such as the electric light bulb, the telephone, and the automobile, helped create new industries. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Among his inventions was an electric light bulb, the phonograph, and motion pictures. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the factories, electric lights permitted operations to run twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z In 1923, President Calvin Coolidge started a new tradition by lighting the National Christmas Tree with 2,500 electric lights. Holiday season lights a bright spot amid pandemic resurgence 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z As power lines snapped, sending flashes of electric light into the night, firefighters, local storm chasers and some neighbors raced to the site, launching a delicate effort to pull residents from beneath the debris. Recovering together Before electric lights, people used candles, kerosene, or oil lamps for light at night. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As we know, everything from telephones to radio, fridges to central heating, motor cars to electric light was introduced during those years. Is science stuck? The "Great Stagnation Debate," explained 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z In the same way that electric lights spurred greater factory production and economic growth, the telephone increased business through the more rapid pace of demand. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Because the area is so poor, at night the compound is the only building illuminated by electric lights, neighbors said. Mass Abduction of U.S. Missionaries Startles Even Kidnap-Weary Haiti 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Chicago became the “White City” in 1893 as electric lights bathed its world’s fair site, which also boasted the first Ferris wheel. Dubai to find out if pandemic-delayed Expo 2020 will pay off 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Changan also plans to develop electric light commercial and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, the three sources said. Chinese automaker Changan aims to list EV unit on STAR Market -sources 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z General Motors, one of the largest auto manufacturers in the country, announced in January its plan to sell only electric light duty vehicles by 2035. Electric vehicle sales enjoy boost in areas of Minnesota 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z There’s a great book called Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light, with a long section about the controversy over the color temperature of lighting when electric lights came out. Banning President Trump was the right decision, says Instagram’s Adam Mosseri 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Thomas Edison invented the incandescent electric light bulb, but it burned out quickly. AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s errant views on voting, Biden miscues 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Osborne pointed out the electric lights framing the windshield. Two Museums Turn a Seaside Haven Into a Car Lover’s Dream 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Since the 1890s, the large lamps, originally called simply “electric light towers,” bathed much of the existing city in soft light that, then as now, resembles the silvery glow of the moon. Liberty Hill man builds his own mini Moontower 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z As Goldberg noted, the "Great White Way" moniker refers to the lights on Broadway -- specifically, when electric lights were installed in 1880. Behar, Goldberg say phrases like 'black sheep,' 'blackmail,' 'Great White Way' should change 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z This was typically the case with Thomas Edison, who, as Ridley notes, tried 6,000 different organic materials in the search for a filament for his electric light. Review | An exploration of ‘How Innovation Works’ 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z We want cars and airplanes, laptops and electric lights, cheap food and medications that work. The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We? 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Cars were exotic playthings; telephones hadn’t supplanted visiting cards; electric light was a harsher alternative to candles. The House of Mirth: Jennifer Egan on Edith Wharton’s masterpiece 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z “Talking to Jay Kriegel,” a colleague once said, “is like putting your finger in an electric light socket.” Jay Kriegel, a ‘New York City Patriot,’ Is Dead at 79 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z “It’s too hot to burn a fiery cross, so they bring a portable one made with red electric light bulbs.” The Ghosts of Yaddo Act Up 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Later, coal from those mines fed steam engines that powered electric lights. Edison and the shadow side of artificial light 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z In industrialized societies sleep is a compromise between biology and the demands of society — it is said that Thomas Edison created havoc by inventing the electric light bulb. Why siestas are actually good, and other misconceptions about sleep — debunked 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z This helped inspire another strand of his art, in which he explored electricity and electric light with simple illuminated columns and elaborate flashing lightboxes. Takis: his eye-popping and eerily beautiful magnetic marvels defined an era 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Glasses that block blue light are a better option than apps alone, Ostrin says, because the right ones will cut out all light in the blue spectrum, from screens and from other electric lights. Have trouble sleeping? ‘Blue light’ from devices may be to blame. There are some possible remedies. 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z So we had air conditioning and electric lights. D-day remembered: a series of interviews on the 75th anniversary 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z The vehicles will also be required to display an oil lantern or electric light on the side. New law to prevent collisions with Amish country buggies 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z There’s a story in the book about the richest house in San Francisco finally getting electric lights. Big Telecom companies are suppressing fast internet 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z One of the big mistakes in museums is that they go for the lowest common denominator, which is a black box with electric light, for flexibility. LACMA director Michael Govan defends revised design for new museum Most of the cages in the hospital are covered with towels to block the electric light from disturbing the animals. Johannesburg wildlife clinic saves animals hurt in city 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Most of the cages in the hospital are covered with towels to block the electric light from disturbing the animals. Johannesburg wildlife clinic saves animals hurt in city 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z An electric light is suspended over a collection vessel, and the device is left overnight to capture any moths that happen by and fly into the light. Study on Weed-Killers and Monarch Butterflies Spurs Ecological Flap 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z He saw the electric light bulb and electricity as the solution to the problem of sleep, and he was kind of right. Why we feel anxious without knowing why 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z We keep those pagan festivals alive in the form of trees festooned with electric lights. Another crazy Christmas with Donald Trump: But he can't wreck it, because he doesn't understand it 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z In the late 19th century, gas jets and then electric lights were tried as replacements for candles. Christmas trees and their decorations have evolved 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z "We used to cut down a real tree from the local woods and decorate it with small candles as there were no electric lights back then," said the 71-year-old, from Hook, Pembrokeshire. Tinsel tales: 'Our tree is 92 years old' 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The confluence of two novelties –– electric light and the automobile — made for an unrivaled experience. Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane evokes an old-fashioned holiday 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The electric light bulb did usher in the 24-hour society in many ways, but he was wrong about the fact that we only need four hours of sleep — we need way more than that. Why we feel anxious without knowing why 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Thomas Edison gets credit for the first string of electric lights, displayed in his Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory in 1880. Christmas lights start and end their lives in China, and could soon cost more 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Lighthouse Board cut two rows of staggered holes for electric lights inside the flame. At the Statue of Liberty, a passing of the torch 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z It was equipped with electric lights, an industrial-sized weigh scale and a hydraulic system to lift away flooring that was covered by a pool table. Cartel member testifies against 'El Chapo' at US trial 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The ellipsoidal shape, roughly 15 feet across and suspended from the ceiling, is composed of 230 chrome-plated aluminum rods poking out from a mirrored sphere, about a third of them tipped with electric lights. Review: Helen Molesworth's final show at MOCA is the anti-celebrity show we need right now - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Conditions there were very basic - there was no electric light. Why this eye surgeon has to be an expert in rescuing cars 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z The boat, according to California State Parks, was powered by a 20-horsepower engine and had electric lights on board. Underwater Tahoe trail takes divers on history tour 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z In 1892, the first nighttime football game took place in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, as teams from Mansfield State Normal and Wyoming Seminary played under electric lights to a scoreless tie. Today in History 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z “Eiffel Tower: for or against?” one character inquires, while another, receiving guests at her Parisian home, boasts of her first electric light: “On—off!” The Vexing Analogies of “Fahrenheit 11/9” 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The historic reason for observing daylight-saving time is to conserve energy by pushing sunlight forward into the evening, reducing the need for electric lights. Endless Summer: The EU Looks to End Daylight-Saving Time 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z On her orders, the main avenues of Managua, the capital, were lined with a hundred and forty “Trees of Life”: fifty-five-foot metal structures that resemble gigantic carpet beaters, studded with electric lights. “Fake News” and Unrest in Nicaragua 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Technologies often fail for a long time before succeeding: 45 years of tinkering passed between the first electric light and Thomas Edison’s patent for an incandescent bulb. Next-gen nuclear is coming, if we want it 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z The researchers quickly concluded that occupants strongly preferred daylight to electric light – but if electric lights were used, then certain types of blue-enriched lamps were found to improve workers’ sleep patterns, mood and alertness. Inside the Beijing 'office' inhabited by human guinea pigs 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z McLernon explains how the fair was wired for electricity, and visitors were dazzled by thousands of electric lights after dark. Wisconsin author’s children’s book details 1893 World’s Fair 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The Great White Way – nicknamed in the early 1900s for its dazzling electric lights – feels dispiriting here at its epicentre in the raw light of day. Broadway: the 13-mile street that charts the delirious story of America 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z My charge was to discuss possible mechanisms by which excessive exposure to electric light at night might increase a child’s risk of cancer. Perspective | Bright lights near bedtime can cause sleep problems in children 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z They preferred gas lighting to candles or early electric lights, slowly asphyxiating themselves in poor ventilation. When newspaper compositors were sporting heroes 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z It was a vernacular showpiece with a somewhat exotic shape, covered overall with cedar shakes, making it regional, while wrapped with electric lights, making it modern. The overarching theme of the Elks’ 1902 street fair: lots of lights 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Edison sold people by creating a Potemkin Village of electric lights at his laboratory. Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos C.E.O. and Silicon Valley Star, Accused of Fraud 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z And beyond that, the mill and its electric lights, flooding up the waterwheel as it turned all slow and majestic down below. Read an excerpt from Elizabeth Bear’s next steampunk adventure Stone Mad 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z A new study shows that exposing preschool children to bright electric light in the evening suppresses melatonin production almost completely, an important addition to the growing body of research in this area. Perspective | Bright lights near bedtime can cause sleep problems in children 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z “One guest wore a stuffed cat as a hat, and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt appeared as an electric light, with a built-in light bulb attached to her Worth gown,” he wrote in an email. The Ghosts of Parties Past 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z And nearly everything was enveloped in strings of electric lights. The overarching theme of the Elks’ 1902 street fair: lots of lights 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z “During the holiday season, we all need to be cautious with decorations, electric lights, candles, space heaters and other items.” Menorah Blamed for Brooklyn Fire That Killed Mother and 3 Children 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Thanks to electric lights, outdoor lighting grew at a rate of 3 to 6 percent annually in the second half of the 20th century. Light pollution increasing around globe 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Excess evening electric light is part of what I call light pollution, which is defined as “pollution of night by electric light, whether inside at home or outside in the neighborhood and city.” Perspective | Bright lights near bedtime can cause sleep problems in children 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The wheels touched down, and “the place lit up like an electric light parade from Disneyland,” Scott said. Fifty years ago, these USC fans became Trojan road warriors 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The landscape was what drew people to Utuado, where coffee haciendas were built by “black gold” in the 19th century, funding the island’s first electric light system run by a hydraulic power plant. In one Puerto Rico mountain town, a wall of mud came crashing down 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Until 1928, when an Appeals Court overturned it, General Electric had a 15-year patent on tungsten for electric light filaments, giving it a near monopoly in the American market. Donald Trump, Hurricane Maria, Sean Spicer: Your Tuesday Briefing 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z The lack of wind damage - and downed power lines – created an eerie glow of electric lights reflecting off floodwaters. Hurricane annals: two Katrina survivors connect in Houston flood 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Note, too, the change in electric light patterns along the Tigris and Euphrates river basins. Satellite Eye on Earth: May 2017 – in pictures 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z A soda fountain was added - made of mahogany, onyx and marble with porcelain jars and electric lights on top. For 125 years, this bookstore has sold fridges, flags, books 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z There was no water, no electric light; he gathered rainwater in buckets and boiled it and used a small solar panel to charge his phone. Aleppo After the Fall 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Her costume at one fancy dress ball was a Picasso-inspired “cubist dress” constructed from wire and electric lights. Sex and art by the Grand Canal: how Peggy Guggenheim took Venice 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The lack of wind damage - and downed power lines – created an eerie glow of electric lights reflecting off floodwaters. Hurricane annals: two Katrina survivors connect in Houston flood 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Less than one-third of homes had electric lights. Opinion | Thinking you’re living in a ‘hellhole’ today? Try being a billionaire in 1916. 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z We entered a small room with a single electric light bulb hanging overhead and several wooden benches along the walls. The Lost City of Z 2005-09-12T04:00:00Z Inside, drivers sit and chat in between shifts, the overhead fan whirring and causing the dim electric light to flicker over their faces. On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Two weeks of going out every day, of coming back at dawn, drunk on electric light and intensity, smog and tequila. 'You must embrace the ugliness': the writing life in Mexico City 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z At the time, Americans were marvelling at engineering advances—attendees at the 1893 World’s Fair, in Chicago, beheld new uses for electric light—but were also protesting low wages, poor working conditions, and corporate greed. Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z The records were stored in steel file cases that better protected them, and the rooms were illuminated by electric light instead of gas. Centuries of New York History Prepare for a Move 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z As scientists investigate the links between our internal daily patterns, electric light and health, new information about the rhythmicity of our microbiome might hold clues about how this all works together. Circadian rhythms and the microbiome: Disrupting daily routine of gut microbes can be bad news for whole body 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, electric lights in addition to natural light are critical in any design project. Home designs that came from the art 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The earth is hard-packed and laced with rocks, and the passageways illuminated with electric lights. Islamic State tunnels below Mosul are a hidden and deadly danger 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z The glow of electric lights paints a glittering map of a region's infrastructure, showing roughly where the rich and poor live. Satellite images can map poverty 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The 59-year-old says she’s looking forward to getting a refrigerator at home and electric light at night when she finally gets connected. Deal to bring electricity to over 1,000 on Navajo Nation 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z This offers one pathway to explain a Pandora’s box of possible adverse health effects from aspects of modern life, such as eating late at night or too much electric light after sunset. Circadian rhythms and the microbiome: Disrupting daily routine of gut microbes can be bad news for whole body 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z “The energy for electric lights is much greater than that.” Growing Greens in the Spare Room as ‘Vertical Farm’ Start-Ups Flourish 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Look around your room and note the hundreds of post-1800 ideas embedded in it: electric lights, central heating and cooling, carpet woven by machine, windows larger than any achievable until the float-glass process. Why the West (and the Rest) Got Rich 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Ricks was a handyman who spent his free time helping neighbors fix their electric lights and ceiling fans. Coincidences seen in death of worker, kidnapping of women 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z It’s hard to overstate how revolutionary the advent of electric light was. What Was the Greatest Era for American Innovation? A Brief Guided Tour 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z For lots of drama in small doses, focus on a powder room; electric light in the small space will maximize the refraction of the mica, and the walls will veritably glisten. Eye Shadow Doubles as an Insider Décor Trick 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z She said electric lights accentuated the beauty of the bridges. Construction begins on historic bridge in Fayetteville 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Some people’s allergy extends to the wavelength that emanates from computer screens and electric lights. A moment that changed me: discovering I was allergic to sunlight | Alice Sanders 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Davis, an American millionaire who bankrolled the excavation, was so excited to investigate he couldn't wait for electric lights to be installed. Amazing Mummies: King Tut's Great Grands 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Power Africa describes the first kWh people gain access to as the "the most valuable" because it provides at least a single source of electric light and the ability to charge mobile phones and radios. What difference will Obama's plan to bring power to Africa make? - BBC News 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z In the words of justice Louis Brandeis: “Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” One idea to best the surveillance state: radical transparency | Hasan Elahi 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z There was an outhouse and, in the beginning, no electric lights. Sisters gather at Arlington for farewell to a brother and lost Tuskegee airman 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z As for the electric light, it is in the stages of development. The Arrival of Electric Light 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Edward Johnson’s idea was to replace the candles with a string of colored electric lights, which he did with eight bulky, pear-shaped bulbs on a single wire. Here's How Christmas Lights Came to Be 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Lawrence reconstructed the partly-derelict cottage, which has no electric lights, to his own specifications and needs. Lawrence of Arabia's Dorset retreat has listing upgraded - BBC News 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Many argue that the invention of the electric light bulb in the late 1800s — and all the artificially lit environments that followed — dramatically changed our sleep patterns. Do We Really Need to Sleep 7 Hours a Night? 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z More than a century after Thomas Edison created what would become the first practical electric light bulb, versions modeled after it are popping up in trendy Manhattan restaurants and restored Maryland farmhouses. Industrial Geek to Industrial Chic: Vintage Light Bulbs Are Everywhere 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z It was the first time that The Times mentioned electric lights for residential use. The Arrival of Electric Light 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z On this day in 1882, with the flip of a switch, electric lights brightened our city for the first time. New York Today: A Fading Glow 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z From electric lights to automobiles to air travel and air conditioning, we have lived like there is no tomorrow. Recent Missouri Editorials 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Before electric light people would talk about “first sleep” and “second sleep.” Get Better Sleep: 5 Powerful New Tips From Research 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z “When Edison invented the electric light bulb and the telephone, he never thought about computers and cellphones.” Hemp industry enters 2nd year with hazy market potential 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z The vast network of electric lights at night shows how connected civilization is to Earth as an organism. Satellite Sensor Reveals Earth’s Nocturnal Secrets 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Ornithologists say that birds become disorientated by electric lights, causing them to crash into buildings - also known as "fatal light attraction". Why New York is to switch off lights for migrating birds - BBC News 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z In 2011, the government issued new police guidelines and declared anyone who grew with electric lights, prepared soil, “selected” seeds or ventilation would be considered “professional.” Holland's New Marijuana Laws Are Changing Old Amsterdam 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z I was guided through the process of installing an electric light switch. Hands-on with Microsoft’s hologram device 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z A new waterproof solar lantern is helping reduce deaths from burning fuel indoors for the world’s 1.2 billion living without electric light. These Are Today's Best Ideas 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z In the developed world, access to electric light is a given. Can solar-powered lanterns replace dirty kerosene in the developing world? 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The complacently "unsinkable" Titanic, full of well-fed passengers, strolling in the glow of electric light on soft carpets over the abyss - this was the image of "civilization". The beauty, the journalist, and the Titanic 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z As Justice Louis D. Brandeis noted, “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” Can Big Data Help Build Trust in the Police? “As if Thomas Jefferson even knew about electric lights!” A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z He wants to see children in villages doing homework on computers, illuminated by electric lights, rather than the oil lamps that he once used. Developing world: Far-flung physics 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z And without electric light, Voltaire says, "the day ends at 6PM." Can solar-powered lanterns replace dirty kerosene in the developing world? 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z On the day when a reporter visited, a chandelier suddenly lit up, the first electric light in the apartment blocks for two months. Ukrainians in the Battered East Scramble in Darkness as Winter Nears 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The electric light worked intermittently — a few hours here, a few hours there, then darkness. Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released in Syria 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z The electric light wasn’t Thomas Edison’s first invention, nor was he the first to create an alternative to gaslight. How Edison Invented the Light Bulb — And Lots of Myths About Himself 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z And then, finally, in the late 19th century, the electric light bulb emerged. The Problem With Energy Efficiency 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z It’s an electric light sculpture designed to look like stacked fruit bins. Yakima spending $350,000 more on underpass art 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z They watched as horses were replaced by cars and gaslight by electric light. Living in a Fantasy World 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z In an earlier era it would've been said that we had faith in electric lights. Why not caring about anything is only for the young 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z But among historians, Edison’s greatest achievement is widely agreed to be the world’s first economically viable system of centrally generating and distributing electric light, heat, and power. Steve Jobs or Thomas Edison: Who Was More Influential? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z It wasn’t just electric lights: there were electric versions of vacuum cleaners, irons, washing machines and that pinnacle of modern living, the toaster. The Science and Art of Electricity, 1914 [Slide Show] 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z As the late Justice Louis D. Brandeis said, “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” It's Time To Put A Stop To Ethical Lapses In The Military 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Most innovations of the past decade, he argues, “did not fundamentally change labor productivity or the standard of living in the way that electric light, motor cars, or indoor plumbing changed it.” Is Innovation Exploding or Expiring? 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Consider the electric light: it’s ubiquitous and, well, boring. Let There Be (Intelligent) Light 2014-03-21T19:59:00Z He invented the first long-lasting and practical electric light bulb that will help you see what you look like now, wiseguy. This Land: Football Fans, Do Not Forget, It’s New Jersey 2014-01-29T04:26:28Z Corning, built on railroad lanterns and the first bulb for Thomas Edison’s electric light, says it drew on automotive research from the 1960s to meet Jobs’s famously exacting standards. Corning Aims to Improve Its Gorilla Glass Screens 2014-01-17T03:50:21Z The essentials were there: bed, table, chair, window, coir mat, electric light. Romesh Gunesekera: “Road Kill.” 2013-11-25T05:00:00Z The long sheds of Otter Ferry Seafish contain dozens of large green fish tanks, each bathed in electric light. 'Cleaner fish' eat salmon parasites 2013-11-19T14:07:19Z They are alimented with electric lights and kept behind closed curtains by the owner, who says he grows them to smoke himself. North America's Largest City Moves to Legalize Pot 2013-10-14T18:05:23Z The spot ends with the sun setting on a Mexico gleaming with electric light. Mexico's Looming Oil Battle 2013-08-21T08:05:22Z The scientists argue that modern life disrupts our sleep through exposure to electric light and reduced access to sunlight. Camping for a week resets body clock 2013-08-01T16:20:32Z Owensboro, Ky., $86 million of electric light and power system revenue bonds. Treasury Auctions Set for This Week 2013-06-09T21:17:25Z Both ships agreed to stay close during the night, shining electric lights and firing minute-guns so as not to lose each other. 2 Ships Passing in the Fog: 35 Years before the Titanic, Uneasy Sailing on the White Star Line 2013-06-01T02:15:02.743Z But the precipitating factor is an often unappreciated, technological breakthrough: the electric light. Perspective: Casting light on sleep deficiency 2013-05-22T17:21:27.607Z The missed consumer surplus from the Internet may be no bigger than the unmeasured gains in the production, for example, of electric light. Economic Scene: Economic Statistics Miss the Benefits of Technology 2013-04-30T22:36:33Z In 1999, four Amish serving time in Iowa for vandalizing a neighbor’s farm were released from jail early in part because officials worried they were being spoiled by television, electric lights and telephones. Ohio Amish face unfamiliar life in federal prison 2013-03-07T14:20:00Z Indeed, many folk are yet to experience an electric light let alone all the other benefits like entertainment, education, the internet, blended margaritas and electric cooking, which we all enjoy. Quetsol CEO Sitting in the Dark to Bring Electric Light to the Masses 2013-02-20T19:43:49Z Perlis noted that we don’t know much about how our ancestors slept, before the ubiquity of electric lights and addictive cell phone games. Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 18, Cuddle Cafes and the Dangers of Dozing 2013-02-19T19:15:05.603Z In the 19th century, the firm handled the electric light bulb patent litigation for Thomas Edison and the telegraph patent litigation for Samuel Morse. DealBook: Cravath Hires a 2nd Official From Obama Administration 2013-02-06T15:54:12Z In 1869, Military Park displayed what is believed to be the first public electric lights in the country. Ambitious Revival for Military Park in Newark 2013-02-06T03:02:17Z We're written about several projects delivering cheap electric light to developing countries. A $5 Light for the Developing World with an Ingenious Fuel: Gravity 2012-12-14T15:15:00.323Z After dark, Gaza looked like a ghost city, with no traffic and no people in the streets, no shops open, no electric lights on. Israel hammers Hamas in Gaza offensive 2012-11-15T00:14:35Z Then, as now, the lighting spectacle was funded by the local authority, but it was not until May 1912 that the opening of the Princess Parade was celebrated with 120,000 electric lights. Blackpool lights: The next 100 years 2012-09-27T02:45:43Z The electric light bulb The phonograph The electric vote recorder A moving image camera The earliest known patent in England was granted in 1449. 7 questions on patents 2012-09-05T08:27:44Z We climb another ladder on to the upper roof and I'm suddenly aware that the building is an island of darkness amid a sea of electric light. London 2012: The hidden Olympic legacy 2012-07-30T19:30:01Z Seven years on, most homes in San Simon Zahuatlan have solid foundations and electric lights and two concrete roads run through the remote settlement in Oaxaca state in southwestern Mexico. Mexico's new president faces long grind on poverty 2012-07-25T21:33:19Z Nana got up, and stretched herself, and carefully switched on the electric light. The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie 2012-05-22T15:16:50.277Z Then he receives a text message with a code to punch into the box, giving him about another week of electric light. Romney?s solar flip-flop 2012-04-24T18:19:00Z Palms, great easy chairs, clusters of electric lights—lights everywhere—made the scene one to be remembered. The Little Washingtons' Travels 2012-04-26T02:00:23.713Z The electric light was shining full into the cheval glass as she came and stood before it, with the smile of pleasure still on her lips. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z There were two state apartments in the Comet; the one with which we have now to do was lit with a blaze of electric lights, set amid flashing crystal and silver. A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z Barbarism with electric lights at night is not attractive. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z That was why John Willie was clinging now to that enormous piece of knitting of iron and upholstered carriages and electric light. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z The craze for clothes, the glare of the electric lights, and the lure of the cheap theater have struck the country people and are drawing away much of the best young blood there. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Augustus might have have his sight Reading with only a lamp or taper; The working-man's electric light Glows on immaculate daily paper. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 2012-04-04T02:01:00.747Z They played until the electric light went out, when Marston found he had lost five pounds. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z On the other hand, when the electric light was restored, the glory rose to its first high condition.... The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Oil-lamps are used, except in the palaces of the nobility and in public places, where an electric light, much brighter than gas, is substituted.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z It is furnished with both gas and electric light. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z The establishment of an electric light plant and a water supply to a part of the city were among the enterprises which he headed. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z These insects are very fragile and are often attracted in enormous numbers to electric lights. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z A dozen different stories from a dozen different people were told about the extinguishment of the electric lights. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z Every piece of brass, nickel and steel work in the engine room was spotlessly clean, and glittered and flickered in the glow from the electric lights. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z It was very dark, but a footman accompanied his Majesty, holding an electric light, and we had our speech. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z They want street cars, cement walks, and electric lights to greet them when they arrive. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z It consists of a tin pail or can charged with cyanide after the manner of a collecting bottle, which is attached beneath the globe of the electric light. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z Thousands of people would travel by night rather than by day if the companies could only see their way to the exclusive use of the electric light. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z Well, along the shore of this unsurpassed lake at the town of Lucerne there is a broad promenade with trees and benches and electric lights. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z The waiter who served us was German, the cookery revealed more than a suspicion of French influence, the electric light was brilliant, and there was a cheery fire. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z After the dinner the chambermaid, a hard, unsympathetic young woman with a superior manner, was summoned by a bell Kipps had rung under the impression the button was the electric light switch. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Away from the beach night-flying Coleoptera can best be collected at the electric lights of our cities; but, as in the Lepidoptera, not all night-flying species are attracted by the light. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z If you can in any way afford it, use incandescent electric light instead of gas or oil. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z After a while it occurred to him to switch on the electric light that illuminated the dial of a small clock. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z It still lacked half an hour of sailing time, yet her decks, which were ablaze with electric light, were covered with people. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z For example, the hotel scored over its electric light. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z If you would avoid the shadows walk toward the electric light in the heavens and let its beams fall in your face. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z Add to this the heat that comes from such methods, and we see the strong advantage of the incandescent electric light. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z He crossed himself, and for a moment the electric lights burned dim, so it seemed to the superstitious laddie-buck. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Monday morning found the electric light fixed, the tiled floors well scrubbed, the scant provision of furniture in the rooms, and the garden dug. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The glare of the electric light unifies them, modifying swarthy faces and faces delicately rouged until they are nearly of one hue. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z But Gaines did not like the bare floor and he did not like the absence of such little conveniences as rocking chairs and electric lights. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z Though there are stories that electric lights injure the eyes, from careful observation we find that it hurts the eyes of the majority no more than any artificial light. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z "Come into the parlor," said Mr. Penton, leading the way and switching on the electric lights. The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft 2012-03-11T03:00:13.327Z "What I want to see now," I said, deliberately shutting my eyes to the scenery, "is a hotel with electric light, and a good fire, and German waiters, and French cookery." The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z There are ventilating plants and electric lights, and in the citadel a motion picture theater. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z Recent experiments show that the influence of electric light on chlorophyll is similar to that of sunlight, and that deficiencies of natural light may to some extent be made good by its use. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z From one hand trailed a piece of insulated electric light wire. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z He stood up underneath the soft glare of the electric light, and as I turned towards him something in his face puzzled me. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z A weird, electric light filled the air, through which the stars shone brilliantly. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z All the great basic improvements had been invented, and had been incorporated with the industrial system of all civilized countries long before 1873, if we except the electric light and the telephone. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z When the day's work is done and the evening meal is finished they sit round the fire outside the hut, for they have no lamps or even electric light. Black Tales for White Children 2012-02-28T03:00:29.837Z The drift was silent and deserted, the electric lights gleaming dimly in the thick veil of smoke that hung over everything. The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift 2012-02-28T03:00:24.413Z Most electric lights on board the ship are off as the batteries are being used to keep essential machinery going. Boat reaches stranded Costa ship 2012-02-27T23:51:32Z Carbon poles of an electric light 20 3. Colour Measurement and Mixture 2012-02-27T03:00:13.987Z Nyoda found the electric light button and presently the room was brilliantly lighted from the chandelier. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z It is true that the gentleman who, very much isolated, fixed the electric lights, behaved exactly like an earthquake, upsetting two temples, a palace, and a tank with an educated seal in it. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z The electric lights were glowing in the magazine, the circuit not yet having been broken. The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift 2012-02-28T03:00:24.413Z The X-rays, Finsen rays, electric light and sunlight have their place in therapy. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z Luminosity curve of spectrum of the positive pole of the electric light 79 12. Colour Measurement and Mixture 2012-02-27T03:00:13.987Z Someone shoved an electric light through the hot-blast valve, and the appearance of the place was like a mine gallery. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z Another theatre faced the square, gay with prismatic signs and besprinkled with electric lights. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Among the city’s manufactures are iron, brass castings, agricultural implements, flour, Indian corn products, soda fountains, plumbers’ supplies, coffins and caskets, bar and store fixtures, gas and electric light fixtures, street cars, and car trucks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z If I paint a group outside a café at Montmartre by gas-light or electric light, I paint a green shadow on the faces, and I suppose the green shadow isn't there; yet I paint it. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z If quartz prisms and lenses be used, and the electric light be the source of illumination, the ultra-violet spectrum will extend to an enormous extent. Colour Measurement and Mixture 2012-02-27T03:00:13.987Z From where I was sitting I could see the electric lights dotting the wide valley between the two gateway buttes from which the city gets its name. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z As he stood at last in the verdant oasis in the centre of the square, suddenly the electric light whitewashed the pavement, and his unexpected shadow lay black and sprawling under his feet. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z All that reminds the traveller of human life as he encamps on the edge of the sand-dunes is the electric light which flashes through the night from Port Said far away on the horizon. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z A sun without heat glared and scintillated like an electric light, white and unsympathetic, out of a pitiless sky without a cloud. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z We can imitate the light from the sun, after its passage through various thicknesses of atmosphere, in a very perfect manner in the lecture-room, using the electric light as a source. Colour Measurement and Mixture 2012-02-27T03:00:13.987Z The wall switch for the electric light in the lower hall at the headquarters was right beside the outer door jamb—as I knew. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z Just as we arrived the electric light went out. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Free also is his electric light and a ration of fuel for cooking. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z Modernity here wore a figleaf; wax candles were burned instead of gas or electric light; and even the telephone was enshrined in a Florentine casket. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z It remained much as it had been for hundreds of years, save that it was seriously considering the introduction of electric light. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Then came electric light that fills the night with day, and all the wonderful machines that use the subtle force—the same force that leaps from the summer cloud to ravage and destroy. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z About the middle the electric light went out and we sat for a few minutes in perfect darkness, except for a succession of matches that Lord Wimborne, who was next to me, lit. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Into this were woven mauve orchids, with electric lights sparkling under the green leaves, thus bringing out sufficient brilliancy to please the guests and not to affect their eyesight. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z The water-works and electric light plant are owned and operated by the municipality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Kitchen and buttery maintain agreeably historic reputations, and the old college buildings have been modernised to the extent of admitting electric light and sanitary plumbing. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z Edison's fame is chiefly associated in the popular mind with the electric light. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z They have Chesterfield House—one of the best London houses—flowers and electric light everywhere, and such splendid pictures. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Over all was the blaze of a summer sun, for above in a vault of blue were strung electric lights. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z The electric lights, globed high overhead, took one look at this fantastic cavalcade and went out with a gasp. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z With a word to the porter, he went into the office and switched on the electric light. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z It was here that I first made his acquaintance, in January, 1879, soon after the newspapers had announced that he had solved the problem of the electric light. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z A big electric light hung from the spar-deck beams above his head, and he looked about him with a little ironical smile. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The great globes of electric light on their high pillars about the quays shone down upon the still, black water of the harbour. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z My eyes are not strong," I said, "and with those electric lights so close to the cage, I might blink or even close my eyes. Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience 2012-01-25T03:00:36.210Z Her streets are lighted by the Brush electric light, and her dwellings and business houses by the incandescent electric light and gas. Montgomery, the Capital City of Alabama Her Resources and Advantages 2012-01-22T03:00:22.020Z The whole place hums with the rattle of machinery and glows with electric light. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z I believe I could put electric light all over the house, if aunt would only let me try.' A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z It was a night without a moon, but the electric lights shone in the street below. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z A few minutes later a step in the hall glided to the electric light button, and the click that followed turned off the light. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z A shot came from the Rambler, and, turning, the boys saw that the craft was aglow with electric lights! The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z The steam-engine made possible the dynamo, the dynamo made possible the electric light. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z Worldly prosperity is like a strong electric light—it may bring out flowers, but it will never ripen character; so don't forget that, or ever exchange it for the true sunlight. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z In this little spark was the germ of the electric light of to-day. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z For instance, it had electric light, which had not yet been installed in all the P. and O. fleet. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z There was a brilliant moon, but they preferred to let everybody in that vicinity know that they were there—hence the electric lights. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z It is certain that before226 Edison we had no electric lights; now we have them in every important building in the country, and ere long shall have them everywhere. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z His country’s flag, blooming into magnificence under the electric light, had, to-night, a smile for Harold, as he saw it the centre of saluting boys. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z In 1893 the supply of electric light was also undertaken, and since that date the city has been partly lighted by electricity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Besides railways, Seoul possesses also an electric tramway and electric light. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z “In the meantime, don’t show that electric light again, and if you have any weapons lay them on the floor in this corner.” The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z When it is remembered that the list of Edison's patents reaches to seven hundred and forty, and that on the electric light alone he has worked out several hundred theories, the wonder ceases. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z He often accomplished this by holding their eyes open with the blepharostat, and compelling them to gaze, sometimes for hours together, at a brilliant electric light. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z All this may be avoided in the future by the introduction of the electric light. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z Cars, while running on some of the railroads, were surrounded by a vivid electric light, but no passengers were injured, although they were greatly alarmed. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z The moon arose in a clear sky about eight o’clock and the boys did not turn on the electric lights after eating. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z In its turn the electric light may lead to wonders still more extraordinary. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z I went straight to the violated shrine, and switched on the electric light in its curious globes of golden glass. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z Each room was to have its electric lights and its electric fan. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Hanoi resembles a European city in the possession of wide well-paved streets and promenades, systems of electric light and drainage and a good water-supply. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Automobiles, locomotives, telegraph, telephone, phonograph, electric light——” “Yes,” interrupted Joe, “and radio would have been the worst miss of all.” The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z Fargo, the metropolis of Northern Dakota, an enterprising city, does a large business; has gas, electric lights, and street railway. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z But electric light is sometimes given off by the human body itself, not merely from the hair. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Tungsten, as a material, was much used in the filaments of incandescent electric light bulbs. Solar power: Building a better suntrap 2011-12-28T16:03:36Z The grand staircase was a blaze of electric light, the hall and dining-room were lighted with gas: the dancing-room with wax candles. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Incandescent electric light is just as surely finding its position and field of usefulness, and in its turn will assert its supremacy, and why? Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z And all this primitive, conservative, old-world practice in the midst of modern civilisation—electric light, steam, and even comparatively broad streets, high houses, and wide roads,—but not China. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Suddenly his homeward way was illumined by electric light. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z In wiring a building for electric lights, the insurance rules require that the wires be of a certain size and that they be put up in a certain manner. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z And, after all, the sun has no intrinsic merits; it stays blazing where God put it, while gas and the electric light represent the brain-work of men of genius. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Many people imagine the electric light to be a cold light. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z If you fellows over here would put in steam heat and bathrooms and electric lights and then give us something to eat in the bargain your hotels wouldn't be so bad. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z The window closed, and a flood of electric light swept away the darkness. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Here showed the dim outlines of innumerable casks and cases, for the radiance of some distant electric lights struggled through the small, old-fashioned windows. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The young "Savages," wrapped in fur coats, were letting off the last crackers of their wit in honour of the ladies who stood waiting, where their rich and picturesque wraps glittered in the electric light. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The electric light owes its existence to the intense heat that the electric current produces, and heat lies at the root of every system of artificial illumination. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z Also there was an electric light plant buzzing away merrily. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z There were two switches of the electric light variety, one marked "M" and the other "A," which Philip knew stood for Magneto and Accumulator respectively. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z In the wavering radiance of an adjacent electric light he scanned the addresses upon the envelopes. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The electric light has been introduced, and the work ceases entirely only on Sunday and two or three holidays. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z If we could only get the electric light cheap, delivered at our doors, then everybody who has an idea of luxury and comfort would at once take it. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z On the pavements, black with wet and night, the reflected electric lights trickled. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z It seems a terrible waste of energy,—like installing an entire electric light plant to illuminate one globe,—but sometimes it is the only way. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Far down, amid the glare of myriad electric lights, there arose the faint roll of carriage wheels, drowned the next moment in the rumble of passing street cars. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Thence also emanated his phonograph, a form of telephone, and various practical adaptations of the electric light. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z F. N. Otis, M.D.—An interesting instance of the use of an exploratory electric light.—2 illustrations. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z The electric light cast heavy shadows across the face. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z At last she rose, and turned up the electric lights. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z His face gleamed ghastly under the flood of electric light, there were blue shadows under his black eyes. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z His mansion and estate of Cragside is at Rothbury, and it is fitted up with the electric light and every convenience of wealth and taste. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z He will keep on cutting out items from the newspapers whenever he finds it recorded that an electric light somewhere failed to flicker. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z Morgan sprang to the landing and turned up the electric light. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Once more the electric light was got under way, and twice a week at least the diving-bell was sunk. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Finally, he could endure it no longer, and, putting the manuscript into the safe, turned off the electric light, and stole out of his office like a thief. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Some of the earliest electric lights in the States were devised and erected by him. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The high operation was performed, and the bladder being examined by means of an electric light, introduced through the suprapubic incision, the diagnosis made by the cystoscope was verified in every particular. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z I speak without exaggeration when I say that I have constructed 3,000 different theories in connection with the electric light, each one of them reasonable and apparently likely to be true. Time to Rebuild U.S. Manufacturing 2011-12-12T15:30:00Z But I must not omit telling you of the strange experiment that had suggested itself to McBain while gazing upwards at the birds—lured from afar—circling round the electric light. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z So, in my lifetime, I have passed from the period of the tallow dip to the electric light. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z This formality would occur in the centre of the town, under a canopy of colored electric lights. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z One portion of the plant will be devoted to the dynamos and engines for furnishing the electric light. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z Bridgeport, for a town a score of miles from the railway, proved unexpectedly metropolitan, with electric lights, banks, movie theatres, and a sign at the main crossing prohibiting “Left Hand Turns.” Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z They are not too startled by the white radiance of eternity to install the latest electric lights! Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z When he had switched on the electric light, her eyes grew wide with interest and admiration. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z On several side streets, as well as on the main ones, flags and bunting were in evidence, and colored electric lights were being strung. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z Now, gentlemen, if you have thrown prejudice to the winds, perhaps you can recognize in this ideal burner the incandescent electric light for domestic use. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z Travelling as they do, chiefly by night, they are killed in numbers against the lighthouses and electric light towers which especially fascinate these poor little victims. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z He must pour constant streams of electric light into the deep recesses where prejudice dwells, and passion, hasty judgments and wilful blindness deem themselves unseen. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z "You don't need to trouble about the electric lights," called out Mr. Henry. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z In 1879 his attention turned to lighting, and he bent all his energies on inventing an Incandescent lamp for electric light. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z I showed you the form of electric light which we call the arc, and I have here to-night two or three different forms of arc lamps, which I will show in action. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z Since electric lights attract so many insects to the streets of towns and villages, the enterprising nighthawk often forsakes the country to rear her children where they may enjoy the benefits of modern improvements. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Everything up-to-date; lovely chandeliers with electric light; mirrors, carpets of the richest and best quality; writing rooms, coffee rooms, dining rooms and several hundreds of bed rooms. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Then, cramming the towel close round his nose and mouth, he dived into the clouds of smoke till, aided by the electric light, he saw an officer. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z The well-poised head, gleaming gold under the electric light was set upon a full, rounded throat. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Whenever in an electric light installation a glow-lamp begins to show a blue effect, then breakers are ahead; the current must be reduced or other steps taken. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z By the dim low firelight he made his way to a corner of the room, touched a button and switched on the electric light. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z We ordered an immense jug of thick chocolate, and after disposing of as much of this as we possibly could, we sought our couches, and slept amid electric lights and other modern luxuries. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z The table was decorated by flowers from the coast, and the electric light was reflected by good china and glass. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z No 82 bathroom, nor electric lights, not set tubs, nor any of the things that women like. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z I want now to show you some of the dodges of the electric light. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z Not even the electric lights had been turned off; they were blazing away as merrily as if it were still the middle of the night. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Street railway, electric light, and gas company franchises. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z There are many people whose acquaintance with electricity consists mainly in paying the electric light bill. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z The banquet was held in their cosey saloon, which was lighted with electric lights; and in the evening they had organ recitals, songs, and many other recreations. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z All was enclosed with a little wooden railing and well lighted by the electric lights. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z |
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