did agapito flores invented the fluorescent lamp?

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according to various books that i have read, it was agapito flores, a filipino, who invented the fluorescent but according to my teacher it was just an urban legend. i am making an article about false history and i want to feature a.flores but i still don't have facts.....

thanks for those who will answer.. ; )

Answer 1

The earliest ancestor of the fluorescent lamp is probably the device by Heinrich Geissler who, in 1856, obtained a bluish glow from a gas which was sealed in a tube and excited with an induction coil.

At the 1893 World's Fair, the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois displayed Nikola Tesla's fluorescent lights.

In 1894, D. McFarlane Moore created the Moore lamp, a commercial gas discharge lamp meant to compete with the incandescent light bulb of his former boss Thomas Edison. The gases used were nitrogen and carbon dioxide emitting respectively pink and white light, and had moderate success.

In 1901, Peter Cooper Hewitt demonstrated the mercury-vapor lamp, which emitted light of a blue-green color, and thus was unfit for most practical purposes. It was, however, very close to the modern design, and had much higher efficiency than incandescent lamps.

In 1926, Edmund Germer and coworkers proposed to increase the operating pressure within the tube and to coat the tube with fluorescent powder which converts ultraviolet light emitted by an excited plasma into more uniformly white-colored light. Germer is today recognized as the inventor of the fluorescent lamp.

General Electric later bought Germer's patent and under the direction of George Inman brought the fluorescent lamp to wide commercial use by 1938.
Agapito Flores was born in Guiguinto, Bulacan, Philippines on September 28, 1897. He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop and later moved to Tondo, Manila where he trained at a vocational school to become an electrician.
It has been reported that Agapito Flores received a French patent for a fluorescent bulb and that the General Electric Company bought Flores' patent rights and manufactured and sold his fluorescent bulb (making millions from it). However, all the inventors named above and more predate Agapito Flores' possible work on any fluorescent bulb.

According to Dr. Benito Vergara of the Philippine Science Heritage Center, "As far as I could learn, a certain Flores presented the idea of fluorescent light to Manuel Quezon when he became president. At that time, General Electric Co. had already presented the fluorescent light to the public."

Answer 2

The controversy surrounding Agapito Flores
The Agapito Flores controversy continues - Agapito Flores has been acclaimed by some as being the inventor of the first fluorescent lamp. However, the dates are all wrong for this being possible. The following points have been taken from "The History of Fluorescent Lights"
In 1857, the French physicist Alexandre E. Becquerel who had investigated the phenomena of fluorescence and phosphorescence, theorized about the building of fluorescent tubes similar to those made today.

American, Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861-1921) patented (U.S. patent 889,692) the first mercury vapor lamp in 1901. The low pressure mercury arc lamp of Peter Cooper Hewitt is the very first prototype of today's modern fluorescent lights.

Edmund Germer (1901 - 1987) who invented a high pressure vapor lamp, also invented an improved fluorescent lamp. In 1927, Edmund Germer co-patented an experimental fluorescent lamp with Friedrich Meyer and Hans Spanner.

So What Is True About Agapito Flores?
Agapito Flores was born in Guiguinto, Bulacan, Philippines on September 28, 1897. He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop and later moved to Tondo, Manila where he trained at a vocational school to become an electrician.
It has been reported that Agapito Flores received a French patent for a fluorescent bulb and that the General Electric Company bought Flores' patent rights and manufactured and sold his fluorescent bulb (making millions from it). However, all the inventors named above and more predate Agapito Flores' possible work on any fluorescent bulb.

According to Dr. Benito Vergara of the Philippine Science Heritage Center, "As far as I could learn, a certain Flores presented the idea of fluorescent light to Manuel Quezon when he became president. At that time, General Electric Co. had already presented the fluorescent light to the public."

Answer 3

The truth is...fluorescent lamp was invented by anecito abarquez, the real name of agapito flores who was then concealed himself during that time when spaniards conquest the Philippines and for the basic reason that intellegent filipinos should be put to prison for making leadership among others to fight against them..that s all about the secret of the invention of fluorescent lamp.

Answer 4

Who Invented Fluorescent Light

Answer 5

The Inventors were Peter Cooper Hewitt, Edmund Germer, George Inman and Richard Thayer
• American, Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861-1921) patented (U.S. patent 889,692) the first mercury vapor lamp in 1901. The low pressure mercury arc lamp of Peter Cooper Hewitt is the very first prototype of today's modern fluorescent lights.
• Edmund Germer (1901 - 1987) invented a high pressure vapor lamp, his development of the improved fluorescent lamp and the high-pressure mercury-vapor lamp allowed for more economical lighting with less heat. Edmund Germer is credited by some historians as being the inventor of the first true fluorescent lamp.
• George Inman and Richard Thayer: lead a group of General Electric scientists researching an improved and practical fluorescent lamp. The team designed the first practical and viable fluorescent lamp (U.S. Patent No. 2,259,040, it has generally been regarded as the foundation patent.) that was first sold in 1938. It should be noted that General Electric bought the patent rights to Edmund Germer's earlier patent.

While one might argue the real inventor of the fluorescent lamp, it is clear that GE was the first to introduce it.
You could read The controversy surrounding Agapito Flores at http://inventors.about.com/od/filipinoscientists/a/Agapito_Flores.htm

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did agapito flores invented the fluorescent lamp?
according to various books that i have read, it was agapito flores, a filipino, who invented the fluorescent but according to my teacher it was just an urban legend. i am making an article about false history and i want to feature a.flores but i still don't have facts.....

thanks for those...

Answer 7

agapito flores invented fluorescent lamp

Answer 8

So why it was named fluorescent lamp like the incandescent bulb? Anyone.