THE BOOK OF LIGHT · EVIDENCE
Research intake and corrections
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- reviewed on
- 2026-10-05
- archive
- lightingresearch.zip
- scope
- Intake review of manuscript text and historical PDF, with targeted verification of publishable additions. Not an exhaustive fact-check or media clearance. Original uploads remain unchanged.
- counts
- files
- 57
- word documents
- 12
- pdf documents
- 1
- videos
- 4
- images
- 35
- text notes
- 4
- unidentified file
- 1
- published additions
- /whale-oil-lighting.html/historic-lighting-preservation.html
- reusable image
- /assets/eclairage-dessertenne.jpg
- manuscript findings
Record 1
- topic
- Arc versus incandescent light
- decision
- Do not adopt a description of a heated platinum strip as an arc. Distinguish current through a hot filament from a discharge between electrodes. Retain early nineteenth century wording where an exact Davy demonstration date is not established.
- evidence
Record 2
- topic
- Arc versus limelight
- decision
- Correct the historical PDF conflation: limelight heats quicklime with a flame; an electric arc is an electrical discharge.
- evidence
Record 3
- topic
- Single-inventor narrative
- decision
- Use the documented shared development of incandescent lamps and distinguish lamp improvements from electrical distribution.
- evidence
Record 4
- topic
- First candles and Roman glass chimneys
- decision
- Do not publish the drafts’ precise origin dates or generalized Roman chimney claim without specific archaeological or collection evidence. Use dated objects and distinguish a glass vessel from a burner chimney.
- evidence
Record 5
- topic
- Fluorescent scene chronology
- decision
- The invented early laboratory dialogue mixes later phosphor development into a broad 1930s–1950s setting. It needs a chronology check before production. Fictional speakers and dialogue must be labeled dramatization, not historical quotations.
- evidence
Record 6
- topic
- CCT and biological response
- decision
- Do not use a warm/cool color-temperature schedule as proof of a health outcome. Describe spectrum, quantity, timing, duration and previous exposure; avoid unsupported outcome promises.
- evidence
Record 7
- topic
- LED failure
- decision
- Reject the categorical assertion that failures never arise in the LED itself. Packages, phosphors, optics, interconnections and drivers can degrade or fail.
- evidence
Record 8
- topic
- Public lighting and safety
- decision
- Do not convert dramatized street scenes into universal causal claims about crime reduction. Any outcome claim needs a specified study, setting and comparison.
- evidence
- media findings
- New public-domain source copy of the Dessertenne plate verified and used.Other uploaded images require item-level creator, source and reuse checks before publication.Firefly-labeled media are production illustrations, not documentary evidence; not published in this update.Four MP4 files were inventoried but not fully reviewed frame by frame. No video was published.Unrelated personal and equipment notes are excluded from all published and hosting-package content.
- next editorial uses
- Develop clearly labeled dramatized companion episodes using the corrected fact base.Trace remaining image provenance before use.Consolidate duplicate script versions before recording; proposed runtime needs an actual timed reading.