Linger At Night Where The Neon Lights Are Pretty

By Mary Barnes


Even when alone and walking at night, one can still be mesmerized by the beauty and splendor of the city lights that glimmer and dance across the twilight zones of inner cities. The sight is just a marvel to see and its beauty alone can sometimes bring a smile to the face. These light are in full vivid color that captivates and enthralls. Let your business be known and have one of these made at custom neon signs NYC.

In ancient times humans feared the night. The darkness hid all sorts of dangers that cannot be seen by the naked eye. Safety and protection had to be provided by night watchers who could warn of potential danger. We can just imagine how it was like living in caves with no light at all. The discovery of fire at how to harness it at least gave a certain form of light.

The night only turned to day with the invention of the incandescent bulb. Its invention though could not have been made possible with the technological advances in the field of electricity. Understanding electricity was the key to generating it. This was the beginnings of the modern day power plant. This led to the first lighting of a district in the home of the inventor.

With the production of electricity and how to harness it, now new technology began to advance in leaps and bounds. Various experiment on possible applications was conducted making discovery after discovery. One of these was an experiment on its effect on inert gases. These belong to the noble glass family in the periodic table of elements.

The inert gases or noble gases as scientist call them are neon, helium, krypton, xenon, and radon. By itself, it does not react to any substance. It is as if they do not exist at all. It does not even react to chemicals. However, experiments soon found out that these reacted to electrical discharges when placed in a vacuum. A fluorescent tube an example of this type of reaction.

Further experimentation led to the discovery that these gases behave differently depending on the amount of electrical discharge applied. These produced almost all colors in the spectrum. These were not just ordinary but bright and vivid colors. Scientists took it a step further and developed it for industrial purposes. These developments resulted in what we now see in the cities.

Electricity and noble gases could not have been combined successfully were it not for glass technology. This was the only material that was best fitted to handle the reaction inside it, and it definitely is transparent. It could also be produced in various shapes and forms and sizes. All these elements came about through scientific inquiry helped to produce the lighting assemblies that we see today.

An individual just has to go to one or the entertainment strips to find out how he or she can be enticed by the glowing melodramatic influence of these lights. The technology behind this is now fully developed and is used extensively in the entertainment and advertisement industry. It is an exceptional medium for advertising names, products, and logos.

A new technology is now making inroads in the field of lighting. This is the LED. It consumes very low power and is very cost effective as a replacement for this lighting assembly. But it has a long way to go as the glow and colors it produces it nowhere near that of present lights. At present neon lights are still the dominant mode for advertising, literally, in glowing terms.




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