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The Arc Lamp
in this year humphrey davy created the first light bulb but it was known as the arc lamp. -
Warren de la Rue's platnium filament light bulb
In this year Warren de la Rue created a new light bulb with platnium and others but the idea did not go far because the cost of platnium was too high at the time. -
joseph swan's "light bulb"
In 1850 an English physicist named Joseph Wilson Swan created a “light bulb” by enclosing carbonized paper filaments in an evacuated glass bulb. -
Thomas Edison steps in.
On this day henry woodward, and mathew evans sold their light bulb idea to thomas edison, who spent many of his years trying to make it work -
first light bulb
on this date thomas edison created the first electrical light bulb. -
the first light bulbs first improvement
on this day Thomas Edison made his first improvement for his light bulbs. -
Edison Electric Light Company begins.
Although the patent described several ways of creating the carbon filament including using "cotton and linen thread, wood splints, papers coiled in various ways," it was not until several months after the patent was granted that Edison and his team discovered that a carbonized bamboo filament could last over 1200 hours. This discovery marked the beginning of commerically manufactured light bulbs and in 1880, Thomas Edison’s company, Edison Electric Light Company begain marketing its new product.
