Posted by admin on November 4, 2009 under Fun Facts, More..., Thomas Edison Fun Facts, Thomas Edison More Information | 
Joseph Swan invented a light bulb in 1879, one year before Thomas Edison. But Swan didn’t patent his idea and was accused of copying by Edison ( who did patent the idea and is therefore recognised as the inventor ) until it was shown both bulbs were produced in different processes. They then formed a joint company using the best of both technologies.
Thomas Edison speaks about the lightbulb
Posted by admin on October 26, 2009 under Fun Facts, Thomas Edison Fun Facts |
In 1878, Thomas Edison was camping in Wyoming when someone accidentally knocked a bamboo fishing pole into a campfire. He noticed its resistance to burning. When he went back to his lab in New Jersey, he proceeded to produce millions and millions of light bulbs with bamboo filaments, until he got the bright idea that tungsten worked even better.
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