Gallery of Lights
Lamps => Antique => Topic started by: Nevada Willis on April 17, 2011, 09:44:21 AM
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For those who haven't seen it, here's a guy with a serious collection of old lamps...
(http://home.frognet.net/~ejcov/feb1962photo3.jpg)
Here's a link to a blown up view of the lamps. (The image is too large to display on the forum.)
http://home.frognet.net/~ejcov/index30.html
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where did the pic come from, and who's he?
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The guy in the photo is Ed Covington who I believe was with General Electric for quite some time. He's a flippin' wizard when it comes to the evolution and history of lighting. His web site is a virtual encyclopedia.
http://home.frognet.net/~ejcov (http://home.frognet.net/~ejcov)
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the willis that is really good info
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I have corresponded with Ed Covington he sounds like a nice guy. I bought a useful book from him that he wrote himself with great detail about antique bulbs and it generally focuses on the era of lighting from the 1800s to 1925.
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dave does the book have pics in it of the bulbs ?
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I visited the site, Nice 8)
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Really cool collection, his site also contains a very detailed read about the early history of fluorescent lighting.
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Very interesting information this guy has.