Abstract :
THE CONVERSION of more than 1,200 acres of salt marsh and waste land into the New York World´s Fair, with its stimulating review of the world of today and its effective preview of the “World of Tomorrow,” was a remarkable achievement, accomplished within the short span of three years. In this $150,000,000 transformation, electric light played a major role. Also, the Fair provided the stimulus that brought from the laboratories into commercial production some of the most significant developments ever made in the field of artificial illumination.
