Who invented the electric bulb at first?

Question

he is an american

Answer 1

The invention of the light bulb is usually attributed in Britain to Joseph Wilson Swan and in the United States to Thomas Alva Edison (the first to market the device successfully). Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin independently developed an incandescent light bulb in 1874. Many others also had a hand in the development of a practical device for the production of electric light.

In 1801 Sir Humphry Davy, an English chemist, made platinum strips glow by passing an electric current through them, but the strips evaporated too quickly to make a useful light source. The problem of the filament burning out after a few minutes, and the low resistance and high current draw made incandescent lamps a failure in practical terms until the developments by Edison and Swan in the 1870's. [1] In 1809 Davy created the first arc lamp by creating a small but blinding electrical connection between two charcoal rods connected to a battery. Demonstrated to the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1810, the invention came to be known as the Arc lamp.

In 1835 James Bowman Lindsay demonstrated a constant electric light at a public meeting in Dundee, Scotland. He stated that he could "read a book at a distance of one and a half feet". However, having perfected the device to his own satisfaction, he turned to the problem of wireless telegraphy and did not develop the electric light any further. His claims are not well documented.

In January 1882, Lewis Latimer received a patent for the "Process of Manufacturing Carbons", an improved method for the production of light bulb filaments which was purchased by the United States Electric Light Company.

Answer 2

Latimer didn't invent the lightbulb, but he did improve upon it while under Edison's employ and helped Edison file the patent. He was a paid employee, nothing was stolen.

The first light bulb was created by Warren de la Rue, an improvement upon the arc lamp of Humphrey Davy, which was in turn inspired by Alessandro Volta's glowing copper wire experiment.

Other inventors, such as Joseph Swan, Charles Francis Brush, Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans (who sold their patent to Edison) refined on the lightbulb over the years.

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Answer 3

Thomas Edison

Answer 4

Thomas Edison

Answer 5

Thomas Alva Edison

Answer 6

Humphry Davy invented the light bulb in 1800.

Answer 7

Thomas Edison in my home state of New Jersey.