The scientist Peter Cooper Hewitt

Peter Cooper Hewitt

Living place: New York City

Birthday: 5-5-1861

Global rank: #52216

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Who is The scientist Peter Cooper Hewitt?
Creator of the first mercury vapor lamp, a brighter and more durable light source, which became popular for decades to come. . He also developed and tested an early hydrofoil and mercury arc rectifier, the first rectifier. Seeing that his mercury-gas lamp gave off an unpleasing blue light, he decided to find use for it outside the house; Unfortunately for him, a better version appeared just two years later.
 
 

Young / Before famous

Seeing that an electric current passing through a container of gas could produce light, he joined other scientists of the mid-19th century, to try to develop it into a practical device.

Family life info

He was born in New York City.

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Centuries before his invention, scientists like Ami Argand were working on oil filter lamps.

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When was The scientist Peter Cooper Hewitt born?
Peter Cooper Hewitt was born in 5-5-1861, death year is , at the age of 163.
Where is The scientist Peter Cooper Hewitt's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Peter Cooper Hewitt was born in New York City, New York- United States. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Peter Cooper Hewitt's global rank is 52216 and whose rank is 244 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1861 and 5-5

Birthday Peter Cooper Hewitt (5-5) in history

  • Day 5-5 year 1809: Mary Kies of South Killingly became the first woman to be granted a patent for the right to the technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
  • Day 5-5 year 1821: Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte passed away on the island of Saint Helena
  • Day 5-5 year 1891: Carnegie Hall (then known as Music Hall) opened in New York City. Peter Tchaikovsky was the guest conductor.
  • Day 5-5 year 1925: John Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwinism.
  • Day 5-5 year 1961: Alan Shepard became the first American in space.
  • Day 5-5 year 1981: Bobby Sands of the Irish Republican Army died in a prison hospital on the 66th day of his hunger strike.
  • Day 5-5 year 2004: Pablo Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe" became the most expensive painting ever sold.
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