2006-11-17 06:50:18 · 14 answers · asked by mr.truth 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
dunno the year but it was thomas edison
2006-11-17 06:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by the_reporter 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The invention of the light bulb is usually attributed in Britain to Joseph Wilson Swan and in the United States to Thomas Alva Edison(and his assistant Timothy) (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.
Thomas Alva Edison beside the light bulb had 1,097 invention patents. He is the most prolific inventor in history.
2006-11-17 19:00:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joseph Swan, who was born in Sunderland patented the electric light bulb in 1878, a year before Edison patented it in the US. In 1881 Swan invented the cellulose filament and went into commercial production with the The Swan Electric Light Company. Two years later the Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company was established.
2006-11-17 15:15:24 · answer #3 · answered by leekier 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first incandescent electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy, an English scientist. He experimented with electricity and invented an electric battery. When he connected wires to his battery and a piece of carbon, the carbon glowed, producing light. This is called an electric arc.
Much later, in 1860, the English physicist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) was determined to devise a practical, long-lasting electric light. He found that a carbon paper filament worked well, but burned up quickly. In 1878, he demonstrated his new electric lamps in Newcastle, England.
The inventor Thomas Alva Edison (in the USA) experimented with thousands of different filaments to find just the right materials to glow well and be long-lasting. In 1879, Edison discovered that a carbon filament in an oxygen-free bulb glowed but did not burn up for 40 hours. Edison eventually produced a bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours.
Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928) improved the light bulb by inventing a carbon filament (patented in 1881); Latimer was a member of Edison's research team, which was called "Edison's Pioneers." In 1882, Latimer developed and patented a method of manufacturing his carbon filaments.
In 1903, Willis R. Whitney invented a treatment for the filament so that it wouldn't darken the inside of the bulb as it glowed. In 1910, William David Coolidge (1873-1975) invented a tungsten filament which lasted even longer than the older filaments. The incandescent bulb revolutionized the world.
2006-11-17 14:59:41 · answer #4 · answered by bRoWn eYeD BuTTeRfLy®210~TX 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Sir Humphrey Davy in 1801 created the concept, and Joseph Wilson Swan is likely to be the inventor of the lightbulb we know of today in 1860.
It was NOT Thomas Edison that so many people mistakenly believe. He in fact only invented one thing that is used everyday, and that was the greeting "Hello".
2006-11-17 14:58:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879
2006-11-17 14:58:31 · answer #6 · answered by cookiesmom 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
both thomas edison and mr swan invented it within a year of eachother on different sides of the world (one in england, swan i think, and one in america). They agreed to share the credit for making it sestting up the swan and edison partnership or something. I'm not sure exactly when but sometime in the 19th century
2006-11-17 14:55:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ancient Egyptians 54 B.C
2006-11-18 00:44:43 · answer #8 · answered by James 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thomas Edison..
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2006-11-17 14:58:12 · answer #9 · answered by burntumber 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Thomas Alva Edison in 1879.
2006-11-18 04:17:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Eddison - he made 10,000 attempts before he made one that worked!
2006-11-17 15:01:54 · answer #11 · answered by Kate 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋