The History of Neon: So where did the idea of NEON come from?
NEON: Greek νέον (neon) meaning “new one” 1898 Neon was discovered by chemists Sir William Ramsay in London. Neon was discovered when Ramsay chilled a sample of the atmosphere until it became a liquid, and captured the gases as they boiled off. The gases that boiled off, in addition to nitrogen, and argon, were NEON. 1910 Georges Claude’s makes a lamp from an electrified tube of neon glass created. Claude’s began to sell neon discharge tubes as advertising. 1910 Salon de l’automobile in the…
