Tensor lamp

Tensor lamp
Tensor high intensity lamp prototype (ca 1959, Brass, steel, copper, plastic, glass). Kept at the Brooklyn Museum. Gift of Jay Monroe
Product typeSmall high-intensity low-voltage desk lamp
Produced byTensor Corporation
CountryUnited States
Introduced1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Discontinuedc. 1980; 44 years ago (1980)
MarketsUnited States

A Tensor lamp is a trademarked brand of small high-intensity low-voltage desk lamp invented by Jay Monroe.[1][2] The lamp was mainly popular during the 1960s and 1970s.[3][4] The lamp was originally used by doctors and dentists, and later became more widely used.[5] The first prototype was created in 1959, and the lamp was commercialized in 1960 by the Tensor Corporation.

  1. ^ Reif, Rita (March 21, 1964). "Interest in Tiny Lamp Rises". The New York Times. p. 17. ProQuest 115722599. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "Tensor lamp inventor dies". United Press International. July 5, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Ingersoll, John H. (January 1965). "Big Light in a Little Package". Popular Science. Vol. 151, no. 1. Bonnier Corporation. p. 151. ISSN 0161-7370 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Those little high-intensity lamps". Kiplinger's Personal Finance. Vol. 19, no. 6. Kiplinger Washington Editors. June 1965. pp. 35–36. ISSN 1528-9729 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Martin, Douglas (July 2, 2007). "Jay Monroe, 80, Engineer Who Invented Tensor Lamp, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2018.