Warminster, PA -- (SBWire) -- 05/23/2016 --Folks today may take their abilities to flip a switch and attain reliable light for granted. To help remind customers that they are capable of outfitting commercial spaces with lighting, the well-known LED sign manufacturer serving Greater Montgomery County, PA, MRC Signs, released an article that tributes the long and cumbersome journey endured mankind to down a path toward efficient lighting.

The write-up shines a light on three examples of man's determination for illumination past sunset over the course of history. One of those examples turns to the Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland, where once upon a time, residents would outfit a particularly oily bird called the Storm Petrel with a wick. Thus, a bizarre type of oil lamp was born.

Next, the article honed in on the ancient Babylonians. It cited an essay by a Yale economist named William Nordhaus, titled "Do Real-Output and Real-Wage Measures Capture Reality?" in which he determined that lighting a home would have been irrationally expensive for average Babylonians around 2000 B.C. It would take approximately one full day of wages to pay for the sesame oil to keep a lamp lit for about 10 minutes.

Finally, MRC delved into the incandescent prototype, which was a device that delivered an electrical current across a steel strip via a massive room-sized battery. The outcome was dim and inefficient, but it set the foundation for a string of scientists and inventors to try and come up with a light bulb that made sense.

MRC Signs installs commercial lighting for businesses of many sizes, small and large. To touch base with the provider of LED signs in Bucks County, PA, please visit the company's website, or dial 888-387-3969.

About MRC Signs
MRC Signs, Philadelphia's #1 Sign & Lighting Company, is located in Warminster, PA, and serves the Philadelphia and Bucks County, PA, regions. They are a full-service company that is committed to surpassing customers' expectations in their commercial electrical and signage needs. MRC signs strives to stay cutting-edge in their service and materials, and always offers customers competitive pricing on all of their products; along with signs, MRC Signs also installs lighting and provides a graphic design process in order to perfect customers' images.

For more information, visit http://www.mrcsigns.net/.