In 1879, Thomas Edison had just perfected the world’s first practical light bulb and was in the middle of an all-out media blitz to bring attention to his new product. On New Year's Eve ...

On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. Reporters came from all over the U.S. to see Edison's Menlo Park lab lit up with his incandescent bulbs.

Thomas Alva Edison is an unparalleled figure in the ... For more than 100 years, the basic design of light bulbs followed Edison’s original 1879 invention, until incandescent bulbs were phased out in ...

Fronted by a luxurious mustache, this loyal lieutenant to Thomas Edison was the embodiment ... charging crowds to drum up excitement. When Edison patented the light bulb in 1880, its exact value ...

He gave public demonstrations of this scientific breakthrough in late 1878 and early 1879 ... world's first light bulb factory at Benwell in Newcastle. In 1883 Swan teamed up with Thomas Edison ...

This video explores the creation of the first light bulbs invented by Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan. The creator highlights Edison's electric lamp patent, providing a clearer transcription of it, as ...