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   Mar 13, 2018 · Thomas Edison did not invent the incandescent light bulb. Twenty three different light bulbs were developed before Edison's. The principle was to pass an electric current through a filament powerful enough to cause it to glow without combusting. Among the pre-Edison pioneers of electric lighting, Sir Humphrey Davy created the first electric arc ...

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3. www.energy.gov › articles › history-light-bulbThe History of the Light Bulb - Department of Energy

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   Nov 22, 2013 · Long before Thomas Edison patented -- first in 1879 and then a year later in 1880 -- and began commercializing his incandescent light bulb, British inventors were demonstrating that electric light was possible with the arc lamp. In 1835, the first constant electric light was demonstrated, and for the next 40 years, scientists around the world ...

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edison_light_bulbEdison light bulb - Wikipedia

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   Edison light bulbs, also known as filament light bulbs and retroactively referred to as antique light bulbs or vintage light bulbs, are either carbon- or early tungsten -filament incandescent light bulbs, or modern bulbs that reproduce their appearance. Most of the bulbs in circulation are reproductions of the wound filament bulbs made popular ...

5. www.fi.edu › collection › edisons-lightbulbEdison's Lightbulb - The Franklin Institute

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   The Edison lamp from our Attic is dated January 27, 1880. It is a product of the continued improvements Edison made to the 1879 bulb. Even though it is over a hundred years old, this bulb looks very much like the light bulbs lighting your house right now. The base, or socket, on this 19th century lamp is similar to the ones still used today.

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6. www.biography.com › inventors › thomas-edisonThomas Edison - Inventions, Light Bulb & Quotes - Biography

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Light Bulb. While Edison was not the inventor of the first light bulb, he came up with the technology that helped bring it to the masses. Edison was driven to perfect a commercially practical ...

7. www.history.com › topics › inventionsThomas Edison: Facts, House & Inventions ‑ HISTORY

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   Nov 9, 2009 · Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor and businessman whose inventions include the phonograph, incandescent light bulb, motion picture camera and alkaline battery.

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   Why did Thomas Edison use a light bulb?

   • Edison Light Bulb, 1879 Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, the first practical electric incandescent lamp. The light bulb creates light when electrical current passes through the metal filament wire, heating it to a high temperature until it glows.

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   How many light bulbs were invented before Edison?

   • Twenty three different light bulbs were developed before Edison's. The principle was to pass an electric current through a filament powerful enough to cause it to glow without combusting. Among the pre-Edison pioneers of electric lighting, Sir Humphrey Davy created the first electric arc lamp in 1809.

   Important Facts About Thomas Edison & the Invention of the Light Bulb

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   How did Edison make a light?

   • By January 1879, at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Edison had built his first high resistance, incandescent electric light. It worked by passing electricity through a thin platinum filament in the glass vacuum bulb, which delayed the filament from melting. Still, the lamp only burned for a few short hours.

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   What did Thomas Edison invent?

   • Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor and businessman whose inventions include the phonograph, incandescent light bulb, motion picture camera and alkaline battery.

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   How did Edison develop an efficient incandescent lamp?

   • In the period from 1878 to 1880 Edison and his associates worked on at least three thousand different theories to develop an efficient incandescent lamp. Incandescent lamps make light by using electricity to heat a thin strip of material (called a filament) until it gets hot enough to glow.

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   What is the patent number for Edison's electric lamp?

   • Patent number 223,898 was given to Edison's electric lamp. The Edison lamp from our Attic is dated January 27, 1880. It is a product of the continued improvements Edison made to the 1879 bulb. Even though it is over a hundred years old, this bulb looks very much like the light bulbs lighting your house right now.

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9. www.si.edu › newsdesk › snapshotEdison Light Bulb - Smithsonian Institution

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   November 3, 2011. Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Edison Light Bulb, 1879. Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, the first practical electric incandescent lamp. The light bulb creates light when electrical current passes through the metal ...