It was dark and they needed a supply of light to read books and do other things
Edison did not invent the first electric light bulb, but instead invented the first commercially practical incandescent light.
Yes he did he invnted it in the year 1809 which is a year after he invented the electric arc.
I am sorry to disillusion you but Thomas Edison DID NOT invent the light bulb. The first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy.
Isac Newton discovered gravity. Thomas Edison invented the first electric light bulb.
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The electric light bulb was invented in 1879.
Maybe it was not invented in 1878.
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Humphry Davy who was an English Scientist is the person who is credited with the invention of the first electric bulb. He experimented with electricity and invented an electric battery.
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The incandescent electric light bulb was invented by Thomas A. Edison.
Yes. The electric light bulb was invented in 1879 and basketball was invented in 1891.
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