There were several other inventors before Thomas Edison that had prototypes for the lightbulb, actually on July 24, 1874, Henry Woodward patented an electric light bulb, but unfortunately could not afford to produce them. Thomas Edison bought the patent off of Woodward in 1879, later that year Edison demonstrated his light bulb and then Edison filed for his patent in 1880. I find this highly suspicious, I believe Edison took the work from Woodward.
We are at a time in history 100 years down the track where the excitement of Henry Ford and his Motor Car, Alexander Graham Bell, Guglielmo Marconi, Thomas Edison and his wonderful inventions & others that paved the development of the 20th Century has been reinstalled into the hearts and minds of those engaged in the development of technology passing into the 21st Century.
Wrong he just made a spark that emitted some light, far from a light bulb as we know it. Nikola tesla did indeed invent the light bulb, and MANY things that were credited to others.
Sir Humphrey Davy demonstrated a glowing filament inside a glass envelope - that is pretty much a light bulb - but it only glowed cherry red, not bright enough to be useful. He had shown the way... but it was many years before various people perfected the techniques of evacuating & sealing the tube, finding suitable filaments, removing the residual oxygen etc. Like many inventions - it took a lot of people over many years to get it perfected - then along comes one guy & takes all the credit! ;-)
@dweezlep0p Well no it was either Warren De la Rue or James Bowman Lindsay in 1840 and 1835 respectively. Nikola Tesla's achievement was to make alternating current the standard for national electricity distribution
bullshit thomas edison did not invent the lightbulb stupid thats a documented fact
he just perfected it
WildMrECoyote 1 year ago
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There were several other inventors before Thomas Edison that had prototypes for the lightbulb, actually on July 24, 1874, Henry Woodward patented an electric light bulb, but unfortunately could not afford to produce them. Thomas Edison bought the patent off of Woodward in 1879, later that year Edison demonstrated his light bulb and then Edison filed for his patent in 1880. I find this highly suspicious, I believe Edison took the work from Woodward.
mahalcat 1 year ago
yes eddison was sued over the light bulb patent and lost his US patent over the light bulb too, and was discredited of the invention.
Urban615 2 years ago
We are at a time in history 100 years down the track where the excitement of Henry Ford and his Motor Car, Alexander Graham Bell, Guglielmo Marconi, Thomas Edison and his wonderful inventions & others that paved the development of the 20th Century has been reinstalled into the hearts and minds of those engaged in the development of technology passing into the 21st Century.
GenericGene 3 years ago
Actually it was invented by Sir Humphry Davy in the year 1800, that's 56 years before Tesla was born.
jimmyn89 3 years ago
Wrong he just made a spark that emitted some light, far from a light bulb as we know it. Nikola tesla did indeed invent the light bulb, and MANY things that were credited to others.
dweezlep0p 3 years ago
Sir Humphrey Davy demonstrated a glowing filament inside a glass envelope - that is pretty much a light bulb - but it only glowed cherry red, not bright enough to be useful. He had shown the way... but it was many years before various people perfected the techniques of evacuating & sealing the tube, finding suitable filaments, removing the residual oxygen etc. Like many inventions - it took a lot of people over many years to get it perfected - then along comes one guy & takes all the credit! ;-)
NoCheeseAndNoSocks 2 years ago
@NoCheeseAndNoSocks so fucking true
WildMrECoyote 1 year ago
@dweezlep0p Well no it was either Warren De la Rue or James Bowman Lindsay in 1840 and 1835 respectively. Nikola Tesla's achievement was to make alternating current the standard for national electricity distribution
bobbystar101 1 year ago
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miariamama 4 years ago
Thanks for the light bulb, Joseph Swan.
Joe22300 4 years ago 6