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Thomas Edison is born
Thomas Edison, the man who is creditted with inventing the lightbulb was born in Ohio, in 1847. -
Becoming a Telegrapher
Thomas became a telegrapher at the age of 19, when he saved a boy who was stuck on a railroad. The boys father then gave him a job and trained him. -
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Thomas Edisons major industrial research lab
Thomas built his First research lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Here is where he would create some of his most remembered inventions. -
The Phonograph
The first invention that got Thomas reconized, and started his career as an inventor. -
Carbon Microphone
In 1877 Edison invented the carbon Microphone, which untill 1980 used a bell reciever. -
Sucess
Edison, documented his first successful test of his designed lightbulb. -
New company
Edison founded his new company, known as the Edison Electric Light Company in New York City. -
The Light Bulb is Created
Thomas Edison releases the lightbulb to the public after thousands of attempts, at his research lab in 1879. He said, "We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles." -
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Existance of the light bulb
The light bulb has been around for 133 years and yet it is continually being improved everyday. -
Lights sold in 1885
In 1885 over 300,000 general lighting service lamps were sold. -
The Kinetograph and the kinetoscope are revealed
May 20,1891 the kinetograph and kinetoscope were both first publicly exhibited. Edison inveted both of these inventios. -
Tungsten Bulb
On December 13, 1904 Hungarian Sándor Just and Croatian Franjo Hanaman created a new form of a light bulb, the Tungsten bulb. It was suppposed to last longer and give a brighter light. -
Lights sold in 1914
In 1914, 88.5 million lamps were used. -
Thomas Edison dies
Thomas Edison died of complications of diabetes on October 18, 1931. -
Lights sold in 1945
In 1945, annual sales of lamps were 795 million -
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Introduction of LED light bulbs
The C. Crane Company started experimenting ith the LED bulbs in 1997, and then by 1998 they had come up with a product that they released to the public. -
The light bulb today
Today the light bulb has the same uses but it is brighter, lasts longer, and is more eco-friendly to the environment than the previos ones.
