<Li> 1840 modern kerosene lamps (oil lamps that burn fuel from petroleum) </Li> <Li> 1841 Arc - lighting used as experimental public lighting in Paris </Li> <Li> 1853 Ignacy Lukasiewicz invents kerosene lamp </Li> <Li> 1856 glassblower Heinrich Geissler confines the electric arc in a Geissler tube . </Li>

When were electric lights first used in homes