- Aaron, 43
- Accidents: 8;
- street-lighting in relation to, 225 et seq.;
- percentage (table) of, due to improper lighting, 231
- Acetylene: 62;
- Actinic rays: effect of, upon human organism, 275
- Africa, public lighting in ancient, 31
- Agni, god of fire, 40
- Air-pump, 130
- Air-raids, 225
- Alaska, 18, 29
- Alchemy, 20
- Aleutians, 18
- Alexandria, 43, 163
- Allylene, 106
- Aluminum, 108, 179, 180
- Amiens, Treaty of, 69
- Amylene, 106
- Aniline dyes, 106
- Animal: distinction between, and human being, 3; 15;
- production of light, 24 et seq.;
- sources of light, 30, 31;
- oils, 51
- Antimony, 294
- Antioch, 153
- Arago, 114, 196
- Archbishop of Canterbury, 49
- Archimedes, 19
- Arc: lamps, 69, 89;
- electric, 111 et seq.;
- distinction between spark and, 112;
- Davy's notes on electric, 113;
- formation of, 115, 116;
- Staite and enclosed, 117, 118;
- principle of enclosed, 118, 119;
- types of, 120;
- flame-, 121, 122;
- luminous, 122;
- electric, 127;
- luminous efficiency of electric (table), 124; 160 et seq.;
- -lamp in lighthouses, 168 et seq.;
- magnetite-, 187; 261
- Ardois system of signaling, 199
- Argand, Ami: 52;
- Argon, 137
- Aristophanes, "The Clouds," 19
- Art Museums, 9, 13, 322, 323
- Asbestos, 170
- Asia: public lighting in ancient, 31, 39
- Automobiles, 238
- Babylon, 39
- Bacteria: effect of artificial light upon, 272 et seq.; 281, 282
- Bailey, Prof. L. H., 250
- Baltimore, 98
- Bamboo: carbon filaments, 169
- Bartholdi, 302, 303
- Beacons. See Lighthouses.
- Beck, 186
- Beecher, 72
- Beeswax, 35, 51
- Benzene, 106
- Bible, cited on importance of artificial light, 42-44
- "Bluebird, The," Maeterlinck, 9
- Blue-prints, 261
- Bollman, 98
- Bolton, von, 132, 133
- Bombs, illuminating, 182 et seq.
- Boston Light, 164, 165, 166, 177
- Bowditch, production of regenerative lamp by, 78, 79
- Boy Scouts, 17
- Bremer, 120
- Bristol University, 252
- Brush, 68, 159
- Building, 8
- Bunsen, 81, 85, 89, 148, 149
- Bureau of Mines: cited on open flames, 234; 236
- Burning-glasses, 19, 20.
- Butylene, 106
- Byzantium, 34
- Cæsar, 163
- Canada, 254
- Candle-hour, defined, 215
- Candles: progress and, 7; 25, 28, 29, 30, 33;
- religious uses of, 34, 35;
- as a modern light-source, 36, 37;
- ceremonial uses of, 38 et seq.; 44, 48, 57, 82, 97, 222, 299, 304
- Calcium, 107, 108
- Carbolic acid, 106
- Carbon: 53, 80, 81;
- Carbon filament: 127 et seq.;
- preparation of, 129, 130, 131;
- luminous efficiency of, 131, 132;
- lamps, 161;
- lamps in greenhouses, 250 et seq.
- Carbons, formation of, 115, 116
- Carbureted hydrogen, 75
- Carcel, invention of clockwork lamp by, 54, 55
- Cat-gut, 130
- Ceria, 85, 101
- Charleston, S. C., 185
- Charcoal: 113;
- uses of, for electrodes, 115
- Chartered Gas Light and Coke Co., London, 74
- Chemistry: artificial light and, 256-268
- Chicago, 62, 304, 305
- Chimneys, 54, 60, 62
- China, 19, 31, 32
- Chlorate of potash, 22
- Christ, 33, 46, 47
- Christians, "children of light," 42
- Christmas trees, 43, 304
- Chromium, 294
- Church of England, 49
- Cities: economy of artificial lighting in congested, 13
- Civilization: effect of artificial light upon, 4 et seq.;
- Clark, Parker and, 139
- Clayton, Dr.: invention of portable gas-light by, 64;
- quoted, 64, 65;
- experiments of, with coal-gas, 67
- Claude, 147
- Cleaves, Dr., quoted, 276, 277
- Clegg, Samuel: 74;
- gas-lighting accomplishments of, 75, 76
- Cleveland, 159
- "Clouds, The," Aristophanes, 19
- Coal: 32;
- Coal-gas: 63 et seq.;
- public lighting by, developed, 70 et seq.;
- analytical production of, 103, 104;
- yield of, retort (table), 105;
- analysis of, 106
- Coal-mines, 234 et seq.
- Cobalt, 294
- Coke, 68, 105
- Cologne, 157, 158
- Colomb, Philip, 197
- Color: 9;
- relation of artificial light to, 284 et seq.
- Colza, 31, 52, 167
- Combustion, 82 et seq.
- Commerce, 8, 97
- Constantine, 42
- Copper, 262, 295
- Cornwall, 63
- Cotton: 101;
- Cromartie, 78
- Crookes, 90, 146
- Crosley, Samuel, improvement of gas-meter by, 76
- Crusies, 32
- Daguerre, 258
- Dancing, 346
- Davy, Sir Humphrey: 33, 68, 73;
- first use by, of charcoal for sparking points, 112;
- notes of, on electric arc, 113; 114
- Daylight, artificial, 12: 284 et seq.;
- Daylighting, 12-14
- Dollond, 195
- Doty, 61, 167
- Drake, Col. E. L., discovery of oil in Pennsylvania by, 56
- Drummond, Thomas: 171, 185, 196;
- Dudgeon, Miss, 251, 252
- Dyes, 256, 265
- East Indies, 29
- Eddystone Light, 166, 167
- Edison: and problem of electric incandescent filament lamps, 128 et seq.; 129;
- quoted on birth of incandescent lamp, 130
- Edward I, 274
- Edward VI, 49
- Efficiency, effect of artificial light upon, 14
- Eggs: relation of artificial light to production of, 247, 248
- Egypt: 31;
- sacredness of light in ancient, 39; 153, 195
- Electric filament: 81, 127 et seq.:
- approximate value of, lamps (table), 138
- Electric pile: construction of, 111; 127
- Electricity: 13, 22;
- as a light-source, 57;
- for home-lighting, 62, 84; 87, 89;
- ignition of gas by, 102;
- lighting by, 109 et seq.
- Electromagnetic waves, 68, 86, 87
- Electromagnets, 114, 116
- Electrodes, 113, 114, 115 et seq.;
- Elizabeth, Queen, 274
- England: 32;
- petroleum discovered in, 56;
- gas-lighting in, 63 et seq.; 166, 251, 274
- Erbia, 85
- Esquimaux: 18;
- use of artificial light by, 31
- Ethylene, 106
- Factories: 13;
- artificial light in, 239 et seq.
- Faraday, 113
- Filaments, carbon, 129 et seq.
- Finsen: 273, 274, 275;
- on stimulating action of artificial light, 277; 279, 280
- Fire: importance of, to man, 5 et seq.;
- man's dependence upon, 15;
- mythical origin of, 16;
- making, 17 et seq.;
- production of, in the stone age, 18;
- in early civilization, 19;
- ancient worship of, 29, 299
- Fireflies: 24, 81, 96, 148, 149, 150
- "First Men in the Moon, The," H. G. Wells, cited, 148
- Fish: artificial light as bait for, 249
- Flame-arcs, 120, 121, 122, 187
- Flames: 86, 88, 89;
- Flint, 33
- Fool's gold, 18
- Fort Wagner, 185
- France: lamps in, 55;
- Franchot, invention of moderator lamps by, 55
- Frankland, 77
- Franklin, Benjamin: 165;
- Fresnel, 167, 196
- Friction, 16, 17
- Gas: 13, 22;
- discovery of coal, 32, 33;
- early uses of, as light-source, 63 et seq.;
- installment of, pipes in England, 63, 64;
- Shirley's report on Natural, 66, 67;
- first public display of, lighting, 69;
- cost of, lighting, 71;
- first attempt at industrial, lighting, 72;
- first English, company, 74;
- first, explosion, 75;
- house, lighting, 76, 77; 80, 82;
- spectrum of, 90;
- modern, lighting industry, 97 et seq.;
- origin of lighting by, 98;
- first, works in America, 98;
- growth of, consumption in United States, 99;
- electrical ignition applied to, lighting, 102;
- pressure, 102, 103;
- water, 105;
- carbons in, 106;
- production of Pintsch, 109, 110;
- salts applied to, flames, 120; 157;
- Census Bureau figures on cost of, plants, 221, 222; 224, 341
- Gas-burners: 63, 64, 77;
- candle-power of pioneer (table), 79;
- improvements in, 84
- Gas-mantle: 61, 81;
- influence of, 99;
- characteristics of, 100 et seq.; 187
- Gas-meter, Clegg's, 76
- Gasolene: lamps, 55; 57
- Gassiot, 114
- Gauss, 196
- Geissler, 146
- General Electric Company, 132, 135, 136
- Germany: development of lamps in, 56;
- early gas-lighting in, 72
- Glass, 195, 290 et seq.
- Glowers, 139
- Glow-worms, 24
- Glycerides, 52
- Gold, 293
- Gout, 275
- Gramme dynamo, 117
- Grass: 18;
- Greece: 39;
- sacred lamps in ancient, 41; 42
- Greenhouses, carbon-filament lamps in, 250 et seq.
- Hall of Fame, 134
- Happiness, effect of artificial light upon, 14
- Hayden and Steinmetz, 253
- Health, artificial light in relation to, 269-283
- Helium, 89
- Hemig, 155
- Hemp, 21
- Henry, William, 75
- Herodotus, 56
- Hertz, 68
- Hertzian waves, 271
- Hewitt, Cooper, produces mercury-arcs, 124, 125
- Home: artificial light in relation to, 6;
- Hindu: light in, ceremonials, 40
- Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 306
- Huygens, 195
- Hydrocarbons, 82
- Hydrogen, 81
- Illiteracy, artificial light and, 9
- Invention, 7, 97
- Iowa, 238
- Iridium, 129
- Iron, 18, 262, 294
- Iron pyrites, 18
- Italy, 249
- Jablochkov: electric candle of, 117
- Jamaica, 19
- Jandus, 118, 122
- Japan: 19;
- Jerusalem, 43
- Jews: artificial light among, 40
- Journal, Paris, quoted, 210-212
- Kerosene: 57;
- Kitson, platinum-gauze mantle applied by, 61
- Laboratories: achievements of, 137
- Lamps: 16, 25;
- Roman, 30; 31;
- invention of safety, 33;
- ancient funereal, 39;
- sacred, of antiquity, 41;
- ceremonial, 44;
- scientific development of oil, 51 et seq.;
- Holliday, 55;
- Carcel, 54, 55;
- Franchot's moderator, 55;
- gasolene, 55;
- development of, in Germany, 56;
- air pressure, 61;
- supremacy of oil, ends, 62;
- Bowditch's, 77, 78; 80, 97;
- mercury-arc, 126;
- electric incandescent filament, 127 et seq.;
- gem, 132;
- tungsten, 133 et seq.;
- luminous efficiency (table) of incandescent filament, 141; 299;
- in home, 328-333
- Lange, 167
- Lard-oil, 51
- Lavoisier, 195
- Lead, 262, 294
- Le Bon, 72
- "Legend of Montrose, The," Scott, cited on primitive lighting, 27
- Leigh, Edmund, quoted, 226
- Lenses, 20, 171 et seq.
- Libanius, quoted, 153, 154
- Liberty, Statue of, 301, 302, 303
- Libraries, 9
- Light: relation of artificial, to progress, 3 et seq.;
- as a civilizing agency, 3-14;
- primitive man and artificial, 4;
- Milton, quoted on importance of, 5;
- artificial, and science, 7;
- artificial, and industrial development, 8;
- Maeterlinck's tribute to, 9;
- Lincoln's debt to artificial, 9;
- symbolism of, 9, 10;
- therapy, 10;
- in war, 11;
- adaptations of, 12; 13;
- mythical origin of artificial, 16;
- earliest source of, 16;
- production of, in stone age, 18;
- matches as source of, 21;
- animals as, sources, 24, 25;
- primitive sources of, 24-37;
- evolution of artificial, sources, 24-37;
- development, 28 et seq.;
- early outdoor use of artificial, 28;
- Roman uses of artificial, 30;
- beginning of scientific, 33, 34;
- candles as modern, source, 36, 37;
- symbolism and religious uses of, 38 et seq.;
- Bible cited on artificial, 42-44;
- in relation to worship, 43, 45, 46;
- Argand's contribution to, 53, 54;
- coal as, source, 55;
- early uses of gas as, source, 63 et seq.;
- as a public utility, 70;
- first installation of industrial gas, 72;
- science of, production, 80 et seq.;
- causes of, radiation, 80, 81; 83;
- lime, 84; electric, 89 et seq.;
- principle of, production, 90, 91;
- sources, 93;
- various gas-burners', supply, 95;
- relative efficiency of, sources, 95, 96;
- in the home, 97;
- influence of, upon science, invention, and commerce, 97 et seq.;
- yield of acetylene, 106, 107;
- electric, 109;
- influence of gas upon development of artificial, 110;
- development of artificial, 111 et seq.;
- efforts to improve color of mercury-arc, 125;
- electric-incandescent-filament, 127 et seq.;
- effect of tungsten, upon, 133 et seq.;
- of the future, 143-152;
- in warfare, 178-193;
- signaling, 194-207;
- cost of, 208-224;
- and safety, 225 et seq.;
- improper use of, 229, 230;
- comparison of daylight and artificial, 240;
- reducing action of, 258;
- bactericidal action of, 272 et seq.;
- modifying, 284 et seq.;
- spectacular uses of, 298-309;
- expressiveness of, 310-324;
- utility of modern, 325-340;
- evolution of the art of applying, 341-356;
- mobile, 347, 348, 349, 350;
- psychological effect of, 351 et seq.;
- as an accompaniment to music, 352-354
- Light-buoys, 10, 169
- Lighthouses: 10, 163-177;
- optical apparatus of, 172 et seq.
- Light-ships, 10, 169
- Lighting-systems: comparison of, 12-14
- Lime, 84, 107, 108, 294
- Lincoln, Abraham, 9
- Linen, 18
- Link-buoys, 28
- Lithopone, 265, 266
- Liverpool, 167
- Living: comparison of, standards, 238 et seq.
- London, 152, 154, 155, 156, 157, 202
- London Gas Light and Coke Company, 74
- Lucigen, 61
- Lumen-hour: defined, 215
- Lumens: 60, 94, 215
- Lutheran Church, 49
- Lyceum Theatre, London, 73
- Maeterlinck, Maurice, 9
- Magazines, 8
- Magdsick, H. H., 303
- Magnesia: 84;
- Nernst's application of, 138
- Magnesium, 179, 180
- Magnetite arc, 187
- Man: distinction between, and animal, 3;
- artificial light and early, 4;
- light-sources of primitive, 25
- Manganese, 262, 268, 294
- Mangin, 188
- Mann, 129
- Mantles, 95
- Manufacturing, 8
- Marconi, 68
- Marks, 118
- Matches: as light-sources, 21; 22, 82
- Maxwell, 68
- Mazda lamps, 289, 339
- Mecca, 40
- Mediterranean Sea, 163
- Mercury-arc: Way's, 124; 125, 126;
- quartz, 125, 126;
- attempts to improve color of, light, 125
- Middle Ages, 46, 47, 274
- Milton, quoted, 5
- Mirror, 19
- Mohammedans, 40
- Moore, Dr. McFarlan, 146, 147
- Morality, effect of light upon, 9
- Morse code: application of, to light-signaling, 198, 199
- Moses, 195
- Moving-pictures, 9, 260, 261
- Munich, 72
- Murdock, William: installment of gas-pipes by, 63; 68, 69, 70;
- Museums: 13;
- utilization of artificial light by, 322, 323
- Music: light as an accompaniment to, 352-354
- Mythology, 16
- Nantes, 85
- Napoleon, 111
- Napthalene, 106
- National Heat and Light Co., 72, 74
- Natural gas, 99
- Navesink Light, 206
- Nernst, 138, 139
- Newspapers, 8
- Newton, Sir Isaac: 7;
- quoted on discovery of visible spectrum, 87; 88
- New York, 98, 165, 166, 206, 302, 304
- Niagara Falls, 108, 306
- Nickel, 262
- Nielson, 77
- Niepce, 258
- Niter, 21
- Nitrogen, 137
- Norfolk, 169
- Obesity, 275
- Offices, 13
- Oil: as a light-source, 29 et seq.;
- O'Leary, Mrs., and her lamp, 62
- Olive-oil, 51, 52, 167
- Orkney Islands, 29, 177
- Osmium, 133
- Oxygen: relative consumption of, by oil-lamps, 58, 59; 262
- Ozone, 262
- Painting, 342, 343, 347, 348, 349
- Pall Mall, 74
- Panama-Pacific Exposition: 304;
- Paper: 18;
- Paraffin, 35, 57
- Parker and Clark, 139
- Paris: experimental gas-lighting in, 83, 84;
- Peckham, John, 195
- Pennsylvania: discovery of oil in, 56
- Periodic Law, 145
- Petroleum: 35, 51, 55;
- discovery of, 56;
- constitution of crude, 57; 58, 214
- Pharos, 163
- Philadelphia, 98, 99, 157
- Phillips and Lee, 70, 72
- "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London," 33;
- quoted on industrial lighting, 63;
- Shirley's report on natural gas in, 66, 67;
- quoted, 87
- Phœnicians, 34, 39
- Phosphorus, 21
- Photo-micrography, 12
- Photography: 126;
- Picric acid, 106
- Pigments, 265
- Pintsch: production of, gas, 109, 110, 170
- Pitch, 106
- Plant-growth: artificial light and, 11, 249 et seq.
- Platinum, 85, 128, 129, 262
- Plumbago, 113, 130
- Plymouth, 166
- Poetry, 346
- Police, 162
- Potash, chlorate of, 22
- Priestley, Professor, quoted, 252
- Printing, 8
- Progress: influence of fire upon, 15 et seq.
- Prometheus, 16, 41
- Propylene, 106
- Ptolemy II, 163
- Radiators, energy, 88 et seq.
- Radium, 150
- Railway Signal Association, 205
- Railways: light-signaling applied to, 205
- Ramie fiber, 101
- Rane, 250, 251
- Rare-earth oxides: 85;
- Recreation, 9
- Redruth, 63
- Reformation: ceremonial uses of light during the, 48, 49
- Rheumatism, 275
- Robins, Benjamin, 201
- Rome, 30, 32, 34, 39, 41, 42, 44
- Röntgen, 270, 280.
- Royal Society of London: 33, 63, 66, 67, 70, 73;
- Rumford, 167
- Rushlights, 28, 33
- Russia, 281
- Ryan, W. D'A., 306
- Safety: artificial light in relation to, 14, 225 et seq.
- Salts: chemical, 88, 89;
- Sandy Hook Light, 165, 166
- San Francisco, 304, 306-309
- Savages, 3, 15, 17
- Sawyer, 129
- Scheele, K. W., 133;
- Schools, 9
- Science: light and, 6, 7; 97;
- Scotland: 26, 31, 32, 48;
- Scott, Sir Walter, cited, 27, 98
- Sculpture: artificial light in relation to, 184
- Search-lights, 11, 169
- Section of Plant Protection, 225, 226
- Selenium, 267, 293
- Semaphore, 199
- Shells: illuminating, 179 et seq.
- Shirley, Thomas: quoted on natural gas, 66, 67
- Siemens, 78
- Signaling, 194-207
- Silicon: filament, 140
- Silk: artificial, 101;
- Simpson, R. E., 227, 231
- Silver, 258, 293
- Skin diseases: treatment of, 278, 279, 280
- Skylights, 13
- Sleep, 8
- Smallpox, 274, 275
- Smeaton, 166
- Soho, 69, 72
- South Africa, 129
- Sparks: 33, 125
- Spectrum: visible, 86;
- Sperm, 31, 51, 52, 167
- Spermaceti, 35, 51
- Splinter-holders, 27, 28
- Stage: and artificial light, 319 et seq.; 343
- Staite, 117, 118
- Stearine, 35, 52
- Stearn, 129
- Steel, 18, 33
- Steinmetz, Hayden and, 253
- Sterilization: quartz-mercury-arc and, 280, 281, 282
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, quoted, 177
- Stores, 13
- St. Paul, 43
- St. Paul's Cathedral, 300
- Street-lighting: development of, 152-162
- Sugar, 22
- Sulphide of iron, 18
- Sulphur, 18, 21, 179, 180, 294
- Sulphuric acid, 21, 22
- Sun, 8, 16, 19, 20
- Swan, 129
- Syracuse, 19
- Syria, 153
- Tallow, 34, 35, 51, 52
- Tantalum: 132;
- Tar, 68, 106
- Telegraphy, 195
- Telephony, 194
- Textiles, 256
- Thames, 169
- Theaters, 9, 319 et seq.
- Thoria, 85
- Tin, 262
- Tinder-boxes, 18, 19, 22
- Travelers Insurance Company, 227
- Trees, 26
- Troy, 42
- Tuberculosis, 273
- Tungsten lamp, 161 et seq., 187, 261, 290, 303
- Typhus, 273
- Ultra-violet rays: 126, 150;
- United States: petroleum in, 57;
- United States Geological Survey, cited on sale of gas, 222
- United States Military Intelligence, 225, 226
- Vacuum tubes, 81, 286
- Venetians, 195
- Ventilation, 13
- Verne, Jules, 143
- Vestal Virgins, 42
- Volcanoes, 166
- Volta, 111, 112, 127
- Voltaic pile: construction of, 111, 127
- Von Bolton. See Bolton.
- War: and artificial light, 11, 178-193
- Washington, 305
- Water: sterilization of, by artificial light, 280 et seq.
- Watson, Dr. Richard, 67, 68
- Watt, 94
- Waves: electro-magnetic, 68, 86, 125 et seq.
- Wax, 34, 46, 51
- Way: mercury-arc produced by, 124
- Wells, 61
- Wells, H. G., cited, 148
- Welsbach, Auer von: 61;
- Wenham, 78
- West Indies, 25
- Whale-oil, 31
- Wicks, 35, 36, 53, 54, 58, 59
- Winsor, 72, 73.
- Winzler. See Winsor.
- Wolfram. See Tungsten.
- Wood, 26, 27, 28
- Woolworth Building, 302, 303
- Wounds: treatment of, by artificial light, 10
- Young, James: discovers petroleum, 56
- Yttria, 85
- Zeitung, Cologne: 157;
- extract from, on street-lighting, 158
- Zinc, 125, 130, 267
- Zirconia, 84, 85