People say that Edison didn't really invent the bulb. Someone else invented that and Edison stole it. (they say)
2007-05-19 03:50:48 · 11 answers · asked by Daghan Akkar 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The idea of the light bulb was known, however, Edison perfected it. Before Edison, a light bulb would last a few seconds; not very useful. Edison's Lab (hundreds of people) spent a lot of time and money to find the perfect filament and the conditions (vacuum) that would make the bulb a real product.
Without his persistence and efforts it would take much longer to create a useful product out of the original idea.
2007-05-19 14:30:42 · answer #1 · answered by TV guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God invented the Light Bulb! Genesis 1:3 "And God said let there: and there was a light bulb"!
Thomas Edison invented the Whoopee Cushion!
Hope this helps!
2007-05-19 10:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I understand Edison was an inventor but also specialised in buying inventions and the rights to it...
Apparantly he bought it from a Spanish guy, a resistance wire providing light and modified it...
It is very unclear in history and these are just claims and if they are true he did well to cover them up......
But from what I understand he bought it and its rights and claimed to have invented it.
Whether he finally modified it or not, he brought it to the market and introduced the first electricity distribution system to replace gas lighting, which then had a current monopoly on the market...(which was also dangerous and costly)
2007-05-19 11:19:51 · answer #3 · answered by Keyan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joseph Wilson Swan unveiled his filament lamp almost a year before Edison revealed his but Edison got all the credit and I wont worry to much about It
2007-05-19 10:56:02 · answer #4 · answered by John 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever people say about Edison's invensions the fact remains that he was truely a genius more because of his personal humility and forbearance than his acclaimed inventions. His wisdom proclaimed itself unwittingly when he said that all human scientific endeavors are but eighty percent perspiration and only twenty percent intuitive inspiration!
2007-05-19 11:03:19 · answer #5 · answered by sastry m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no Edison did invent the light bulb.
if he stole it then the police would arrest him for possession of stolen idea.
2007-05-19 10:53:49 · answer #6 · answered by WARYAA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a joint venture but the guy who actually came up with the finished design, joseph swan, was the main propetier so yes edison did steal it, after a fashion. did you know edison was afraid of the dark? no wonder he stole it...
2007-05-19 10:54:51 · answer #7 · answered by eddybear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he is not fake. There are many people want to take away their invention but truth is in the history. Just like Americans did not land nor walked on the moon in 1964.
2007-05-19 10:53:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the first who got patent for it is the true inventor.
And i think edison wasn't a fake.
2007-05-19 10:53:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be correct sir...
Someone named Tesla actually developed the light we know today... WAY before edison ever was thinking down that path...
Website that might help is...
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jul/tesla.html
Hope it helps you out...
2007-05-19 10:56:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋