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Edison receives first anti-glare lamp. Washington, D.C., May 17. Charles Edison, Asst. Sec. of the Navy and son of the late Thomas A. Edison, left; was presented with the first Polaroid lighting unit, a lamp free from glaring reflection. The lamp, praised by scientists as heralding a great advance in artificial illumination, employs the regulation incandescent light source as perfeted by Thomas A. Edison but passes the light through a sheet of the new light controlling material, Polaroid, to remove the light waves responsible for refelcted glare, one of the worst visual hazards of illumination, George W. Wheelwright, 3rd. who helped in the development made the presentation, 5/14/38

Edison receives first anti-glare lamp. Washington, D.C., May 17. Charl...

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