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Who invented sodium vapor lamp?

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Peter Cooper Hewitt (May 5, 1861 - August 25, 1921) was an American electrical engineer who demonstrated the Mercury-vapor lamp, for which he deposited a patent.

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nobody made sodium. It is part of earth. Its been around forever.

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