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he 1st light bulb was built by Humphry Davy (an Englishman) in 1809. Thomas Alva Edison improved the invention and based his improvements on a patent he purchased from inventors Henry Woodward & Matthew Evans who patented their bulb in 1875 people actually say he invented the light bulb at his house in the toilet in his booty!
it was made by humphry davy, then Joseph Swan improved and then Thomas Edison improved it
It didn't have a name. It was just called the light bulb. Thomas Edison invented it.
It was Thomas Edison but he was caucasion. So no African American invented the light bulb.
the light bulb was invented in 1902
The light bulb was invented in 1800 by Humphrey Davy. Humphrey Davy was an English scientist who also invented the electric battery.
Humphrey Davy was born December 17th 1778 but he didn't invent the light bulb. He invented a lamp which helped miners work safely around flammable gasses.
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He invented the light bulb so we can see in dark places, also the lamp because people can work on dark grassy fields. Humphrey Davy invented a miners lamp, that could detect explosive gasses in mines. Known as a 'Davy lamp'.
== == 1856 Sir Humphry Davy invented the light bulb.......
in 1809 first light bulb was invented by humphry davy
The 1st light bulb was built by Humphry Davy (an Englishman) in 1809...
Thomas Edison made the first operating incandescent light bulb. But in 1800, Humphrey Davy invented the electric light. It didn't last long, and was not a bulb, though. Arc lights later became popular, but again, were not in a bulb.
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Humphry Davy invented the lightbulb in the 1800's.
The first small electric light bulb was invented in 1860 by Joseph Swan.Prior to that Humphrey Davy had demonstrated a crude electric light, which is more of a precursor to the flourescent light strips we find in offices today, in 1809.William Reid Clanny developed a safety lamp for miners in 1813, which was inspiration for Davy's more well-known Davy Lamp.
humphry davy in the 1800's