Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. But the actual story is more complicated and interesting.

Thomas Edison had a hand in inventing revolutionary devices such as the movie camera, microphone, and phonograph. But none has been more famous than his improvements to the light bulb, which brought ...

Edison Light Bulb, 1879, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, ...

National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA): A few facts about the origin of electric Christmas lights - Information ...

GE's roots are inextricably tied to the light bulb. The company was co-founded by Thomas Edison, the inventor of the modern light bulb. In 1892, Edison merged his company, Edison General Electric ...

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