Induction Lamp

is a gas discharge lamp in which the power required to generate light is transferred from outside the
lamp envelope to the gas inside via an electric or magnetic field, in contrast with a typical gas
discharge lamp that uses internal electrodes connected to the power supply by conductors that pass
through the lamp envelope.

1884 Johann Wilhelm Hittorf discovers the electrodeless discharge lamp.

1893 Nikola Tesla first demonstrates his electrodeless lamp at the 1893
World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. His lamp looked like a large lightbulb
and had strange greenish phosphors.
1904 Peter Cooper Hewitt developed an induction lamp that used mercury
vapor (like today's lamps). He already had expertise as the inventor of the
first commercial mercury vapor lamps. He worked on induction lamps with a
sphere shape
1967 John Anderson develops the first reliable electrodeless lamp.
1990s Philips Corporation (no names available) develops the QL induction
lamp series. The lamps operated at 2.65 Mz.

1990 Michael Ury, Charles Wood develop the sulfur lamp, the first form of
"plasma lamp" which uses microwave energy to energize sulfur in a sealed
bulb.