NEONS
A brief story of neon lighting.
What Is A Neon Light
Neon lights are usually associated with advertising signs. They use neon gas trapped in hollow glass tubes that produce a luminous glow when an electric current runs through the gas’ atoms. Small amounts of argon are often mixed with the neon gas to produce a reddish-orange light.
When Did Neon Lights Come Out?
The first neon lights were made by Georges Claude, a French chemist, in 1910 and displayed to the public on December 1911 in Paris. Since then, the use of neon lights in business signs quickly became popular in the 1920s throughout the United States and France.
Neon Light in Advertising Signs
The most common uses of neon light nowadays are in advertising signs. You will find them everywhere – shops, hotels, restaurants, drugstores, shows, and others. Their main purpose is to highlight a particular space they are installed in because they make the space stand out even from a distance.
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