2006-09-01 07:59:53 · 7 answers · asked by Goldy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
After struggling to develop a viable electric light-bulb for months and months, Thomas Edison was interviewed by a young reporter who boldly asked Mr. Edison if he felt like a failure and if he thought he should just give up by now. Perplexed, Edison replied, "Young man, why would I feel like a failure? And why would I ever give up? I now know definitively over 9,000 ways that an electric light bulb will not work. Success is almost in my grasp." And shortly after that, and over 10,000 attempts, Edison invented the light bulb.
2006-09-01 15:39:56 · answer #1 · answered by E=MC hammer 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-13 00:57:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-25 00:35:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Material in the first place. The filament generates light as it gets heated due to passage of electricity
2016-04-08 00:51:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. But the German guys bulbs cost more to make and burned out sooner. They just weren't commercially feasible.
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2006-09-01 08:52:45 · answer #5 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Edison, did not invent the light bulb.........
2006-09-01 08:10:54 · answer #6 · answered by popeye 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Before I got through," he recalled, "I tested no fewer than 6,000 vegetable growths, and ransacked the world for the most suitable filament material."
Taken from the History of the Light Buls
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http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story074.htm
2006-09-01 08:12:40 · answer #7 · answered by Roy G. Biv 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
More than 1000 and cost more than 50k US. And it's true, he didnt make the first one. A german guy had made some first, 30 years before
2006-09-01 08:12:47 · answer #8 · answered by monarca_08 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
according to phillips(the other bulb mfgr), o so many that he almost burnedout!
2006-09-01 08:10:45 · answer #9 · answered by swashbuckler82 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋