"Edison's paper carbon lamp."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

Carbon Lamp

"Edison's paper carbon lamp."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

A frame with branches to hold a number of lights for the purpose of illumination.

Chandelier

A frame with branches to hold a number of lights for the purpose of illumination.

Incandescent lamps for exploring.

Lamps

Incandescent lamps for exploring.

"For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:

4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out." Matthew 25:3-8 ASV
<p>Illustration of the five virgins with their lamps lit, following the bridegroom. In the background, the other five virgins knock in the dark at the closed door of the bridegroom. Flower girls and a youth with a torch walk in front of the bridegroom. Garlands are strung from the columns and ceiling.

The Parable of the Ten Virgins - Only Five Kept Their Lamps Alight

"For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them: 4 but the wise took oil in their…

"Edison's Platinum Lamp on column support, 1879."&mdash;E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

Platinum Lamp

"Edison's Platinum Lamp on column support, 1879."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

A lamp surrounded with a cylinder of wire gauze, to give light in mines, without the danger of setting fire to inflammable gases.

Safety-lamp

A lamp surrounded with a cylinder of wire gauze, to give light in mines, without the danger of setting…