Neon Atomic number 10 Neon signs Commentary

London—William Ramsay, Morris Travers elements

Neon

Something new evaporated after krypton from liquid air a bright crimson line in Ramsay’s and Travers’ spectroscope

Atomic number 10

True neon lights shine bright reddish-orange Open, Cold Beer Eat Here

Neon signs

Cinzano vermouth lit up in neon by Jacques Fonsèque, Paris, 1919. Packard lit up in neon by Georges Claude, Los Angeles, 1923. Eight O’Clock Coffee Camel cigarettes blowing smoke rings Kool cigarettes with a blinking penguin lit up in neon by Douglas Leigh, Times Square, 1933.