Philippe Lebon (1769-1804), a French engineer and chemist who invented an early lamp powered by an illuminating gas. By heating sawdust in a glass tube over a flame, Lebon produced the flammable gas that he used in his Thermolampe (heat lamp), which he patented and exhibited in 1799. For several months in 1801 he exhibited a large version of the lamp in a Paris hotel. William Murdoch, working independently in Scotland at the same time, produced, purified, and stored gas more successfully, introducing gas lighting.
Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Lebon, Philippe". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 19, 2008; Last revised Date June 19, 2008; Retrieved May 24, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Lebon,_Philippe>
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The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)
Philippe Lebon (1769-1804), a French engineer and chemist who invented an early lamp powered by an illuminating gas. By heating sawdust in a glass tube over a flame, Lebon produced the flammable gas that he used in his Thermolampe (heat lamp), which he patented and exhibited in 1799. For several months in 1801 he exhibited a large version of the lamp in a Paris hotel. William Murdoch, working independently in Scotland at the same time, produced, purified, and stored gas more successfully, introducing gas lighting.
Philippe Lebon. (Source: Renewable Energy History Project, Radford University)
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