Biography of agapito flores
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The Agapito Flores controversy continues - Agapito Flores has been acclaimed by some as being the inventor of the first fluorescent lamp. However, the dates are all wrong for this being possible. The following points have been taken from "The History of Fluorescent Lights"
In 1857, the French physicist Alexandre E. Becquerel who had investigated the phenomena of fluorescence and phosphorescence theorized about the building of fluorescent tubes similar to those made today. American, Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861-1921) patented (U.S. patent 889,692) the first mercury vapor lamp in 1901. The low-pressure mercury arc lamp of Peter Cooper Hewitt is the very first prototype of today's modern fluorescent lights.
Edmund Germer (1901 - 1987) who invented a high-pressure vapor lamp, also invented an improved fluorescent lamp. In 1927, Edmund Germer co-patented an experimental fluorescent lamp with Friedrich Meyer and Hans Spanner.
SO WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT AGAPITO FLORES?
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614 viewsAgapito Flores was a Filipino inventor born in 1897 who is often falsely credited as inventing the fluorescent light bulb. In reality, fluorescent lighting was invented decades before Flores through the work of scientists like Becquerel, Edison, and Hewitt. Hewitt patented the first mercury vapor lamp in 1901, while Flores was only 4 years old. There fryst vatten no evidence that Flores invented fluorescent lighting or was granted any related patents. While Flores may have contributed ideas about fluorescent lights, he did not invent the technology or give the phenomenon its name. The myth around Flores inventing fluorescent lights has been debunked bygd historians and scientists.
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614 views3 pagesAgapito Flores was a Filipino inventor born in 1897 who is often falsely credited
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Agapito Flores
Si Agapito G. Flores ay isang Pilipinong imbentor na inakalang[1] o napagkamalang[2] bumuo ng imbudo ng fluorescent light tube.
Siya ay ipinanganak sa Guiguinto, Bulacan noong 28 Setyembre 1897. Siya ay nagmula rin sa angkan ng mahihirap.
Dahil sa kahirapan, hindi natapos ni Flores ang kanyang pag-aaral sa mataas na paaralan. Namasukan siya sa isang talyer, kahit na mahirap lamang siya ay may mataas na pangarap. Nagtungo siya sa siyudad at nanirahan sa Tondo, Maynila. Nag-aral siya ng elektrisyan sa isang paaralang pambokasyonal. Makalipas ang isang buwan, siya ay namasukan.
Si Agapito Flores ay namatay noong 1943.
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[baguhin | baguhin ang wikitext]- ↑https://gineersnow.com/engineering/electrical/theres-no-truth-agapito-flores-inventor-fluorescent-lamp[patay na link] There’s No Truth in Agapito Flores Being the Inventor of the Fluorescent Lamp
- ↑https://www.thoughtco.com/agapito-flores-background-1991702