The Agapito Flores controversy continues - Agapito Flores has been acclaimed by

some as being the inventor of the first fluorescent lamp. However, the dates are all
wrong for this being possible. The following points have been taken from "The
History of Fluorescent Lights"

In 1857, the French physicist Alexandre E. Becquerel who had investigated the
phenomena of fluorescence and phosphorescence, theorized about the building of
fluorescent tubes similar to those made today.
American, Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861-1921) patented (U.S. patent 889,692) the first
mercury vapor lamp in 1901. The low pressure mercury arc lamp of Peter Cooper
Hewitt is the very first prototype of today's modern fluorescent lights.
Edmund Germer (1901 - 1987) who invented a high pressure vapor lamp, also
invented an improved fluorescent lamp. In 1927, Edmund Germer co-patented an
experimental fluorescent lamp with Friedrich Meyer and Hans Spanner.
So What Is True About Agapito Flores?

Agapito Flores was born in Guiguinto, Bulacan, Philippines on September 28, 1897.
He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop and later moved to Tondo, Manila
where he trained at a vocational school to become an electrician.
It has been reported that Agapito Flores received a French patent for a fluorescent
bulb and that the General Electric Company bought Flores' patent rights and
manufactured and sold his fluorescent bulb (making millions from it). However, all
the inventors named above and more predate Agapito Flores' possible work on any
fluorescent bulb.

According to Dr. Benito Vergara of the Philippine Science Heritage Center, "As far as
I could learn, a certain Flores presented the idea of fluorescent light to Manuel
Quezon when he became president. At that time, General Electric Co. had already
presented the fluorescent light to the public."
Source 2
Agapito Flores a Filipino inventor who has been acclaimed by some as being the
inventor of the first fluorescent lamp. He was born on September 28, 1897 in
Guiguinto,Bulacan. It has been reported that Agapito Flores received a French
patent for a fluorescent bulb and that the General Electric Company bought Flores
patent rights and manufactured and sold his fluorescent bulb (making millions from
it).
Although little fact can be found to support this claim many Filipino schoolbook
publishers continue to publish this bogus claim into the the Philippine public school
system. Many continue to believe this myth, as a fact just because it was taught
back then in school.

Source 3

Agapito Flores (imbentor ng Fluorescent Lamp)

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Agapito Flores - Pinoy Inventor of Fluorescent Lamp

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WHO IS AGAPITO FLORES? For all you know.
In Tagalog Translation on wiki source:
"Si Agapito G. Flores ay isang Pilipinong imbentor na akala na bumuo ng imbudo
ng fluorescent light tube.
Siya ay ipinanganak sa Guiguinto, Bulacan noong Setyembre 28, 1897. Siya ay
nagmula rin sa angkan ng mahihirap.
Dahil sa kahirapan, hindi natapos ni Flores ang kanyang pag-aaral sa mataas na
paaralan. Namasukan siya sa isang talyer, kahit na mahirap lamang siya ay may
mataas na pangarap. Nagtungo siya sa siyudad at nanirahan sa Tundo, , Maynila.
Nag-aral siya ng elektrisyan sa isang paaralang pambokasyonal. Makalipas ang
isang buwan, siya ay namasukan.
Siya ay nagsagawa ng eksperimento tungkol sa ilaw na karaniwang gamit lalo na sa
gabi. Nais niyang makatuklas ng ilaw na ang liwanag na dulot nito ay katumbas ng
liwanag sa araw. Ang kanyang pagsisikap ay di nagtagal at nagbunga na siyang
kilala ngayon at ginagamit lamang dito sa Pilipinas kundi maging sa buong daigdig.
Ang imbensyon na ito ay pinakila niya kay Pangulong Manuel L. Quezon. Nagulat
ang presidente sa natuklasan ni Flores. Hindi siya makapaniwala na ang isang tubo
na yari sa bote ay magagamit at makakalikha ng liwanag. Pero sa panahong ito,
inilabas na sa publiko ng General Electric sa Estados Unidos ang flourescent light."
KASAYSAYAN NG TUBO NG ILAW NA PLORESENTE
"Si Alexandre E. Becquerel ang unang nagsagawa ng pananaliksik tungkol
sa phenomena of fluorescence and phosphorescence. Dito niya naisip na ang
pagsagawa ng imbudo o tubo ang makakatulong sa pagpapaliwanag ng paligid ng
hindi pagkalat ng lason at radiation.
Ang Amerikanong si Peter Cooper Hewitt ang unang nag-patent (U.S. patent
889,692) ng prototype na mercury vapor lamp noong 1901. Ngunit ito ay hindi
angkop sa pangkalakal dahil sa mahal ng sangkap nito.
Ang General Electric Company ng Amerika ang kilala sa pagsagawa at distribusyon
ngincandescent bulbs o kilala bilang dilaw na bumbilya. Ang bumbilya ay
imbensyon ni Thomas Edison. Noong 1934 si Arthur Compton, isang physicist at
konsultant ng GE, ay nagpahayag ng kaniyang nadiskubre sa GE lamp department

tungkol sa ilang matagumpay na eksperimento tungkol sa fluorescent lighting sa

General Electric Co., Ltd. ng Britanya (walang relasyon sa General Electric ng
Estados Unidos). Dahil dito nagpatawag ng ang GE ng isang grupo na magsasagawa
ng pananaliksik. Ito ay pinamumunuan ni George E. Inman. Sila ay nakagawa ng
isang prototype fluorescent lamp noon ding 1934 sa General Electric Nela Park
(Ohio) Engineering Laboratory. Binigyan ito ng patent. (U.S. Pat. No. 1,790,153). Ang
Flourescent light bulb ay sinimulang ibenta noong 1938 at iprinisinta sa publiko
sa New York Worlds Fair at Golden Gate Exposition sa San Francisco, California.
Noong 1981, masmarami nang gusali at bahay ang gumagamit ng flourescent bulb
kumpar."
source:wiki
How Agapito Flores be known??
Agapito Flores was born in Guiguinto, Bulacan, Philippines on September 28, 1897.
He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop and later moved to Tondo, Manila
where he trained at a vocational school to become an electrician.
It has been reported that Agapito Flores received a French patent for a fluorescent
bulb and that the General Electric Company bought Flores' patent rights and
manufactured and sold his fluorescent bulb (making millions from it). However, all
the inventors named above and more predate Agapito Flores' possible work on any
fluorescent bulb.
According to Dr. Benito Vergara of the Philippine Science Heritage Center, "As far as
I could learn, a certain Flores presented the idea of fluorescent light to Manuel
Quezon when he became president. At that time, General Electric Co. had already
presented the fluorescent light to the public."
So he is only famous for NOT inventing the fluorescent tube.