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Edison’s invention of the carbon filament lamp in the year 1879 represented the beginning of a new era that replaced the pine torch and the wax candle. Work hours could be extended past twilight and into the night. Work performance and work capacity rose to a degree unheard of previously.
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Hollwich, F. (1979). Light Pollution. In: The Influence of Ocular Light Perception on Metabolism in Man and in Animal. Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6132-2_13
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