A four foot tube is about $4.95.
fluorescent light bulbs are usually from 9$-15$.
EEdmund Germer (90% sure) made the first fluorescent light bulb
1857
The energy saving light-bulbs are usually fluorescent. Neon is a type of fluorescent light bulb.
The flourescent light bulb was invented in 1827.
The long thin light bulb is called a fluorescent tube or a fluorescent light bulb. It is commonly used in commercial buildings, offices, and schools for general lighting purposes.
A 15-watt fluorescent should produce about as much light as a 75-watt incandescent.
In a fluorescent light bulb there is usually a drop of mercury. That mercury vaporizes as the bulb warms up and it becomes gaseous, enhancing the electron interaction through the bulb, making it brighter.
The swirly light bulb is called a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL). It is a type of energy-efficient light bulb that produces light by using electricity to excite the gas inside the bulb to create illumination.
By far the hottest of the two light sources is the light bulb.
I need to buy another fluorescent light bulb at the hardware store
The light-producing element in a fluorescent bulb is mercury vapor. When electricity passes through the gas, it emits ultraviolet light that then excites the phosphor coating inside the bulb, causing it to emit visible light.