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He didn't. Edison improved the light bulb, but was not the one who first designed it. Scottish inventor James Bowman Lindsay is generally viewed as the inventor of the bulb sometime in the 1830s.
Edison's patent for the "Improvement In Electric Lights" was filed on 14 October 1878, many years after the first rudimentary light bulbs were made.
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∙ 11y agoThomas Edison's first light bulb was sold on November 2, 1930 after the Great Depression.
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∙ 11y agohe finished it in 1879
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How much money did Thomas Edison sell his light bulb for?
for about 3 DOLLARS
What challenges did thomas Edison face when he invented the light bulb?
Actually, Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb, Michael Faraday did. However, the lightbulb used low voltage and a platinum wire. Edison wanted to bring electricity from a generator over wires into peoples' homes and have light bulbs work there. So Edison needed a lightbulb that would use a filament at high temperature and high voltage. Edison had to create the entire system: generator, wires, meters, fuses, and bulbs. Then he could sell light bulbs and electricity. He did not just invent one item, but the entire system.
When did Edison invent the long lasting light bulb?
It took Thomas Edison 1 year to invent the light bulb. In that year, he experimented with over 1400 different fibers until he tried cotton fiber. This light bulb could last over 1500 hours, unlike the very first light bulbs that could only last 40 hours.1 yearThomas Edison failed over 1,000 times before he was successful in creating the light bulb. It took Edison three years to complete the light bulb for is successful full scale test in 1882.
Who is Thomas Edison and what did he do?
Thomas Alva Edison's nationality is American.
Who influenced Thomas Alva Edison to invent during youth?
Nancy Edison because she home schooled Thomas in his youth and gave him his love of science. She even bought him his first miniature science lab and let him set up his own lab in the basement when he was 12.
Where do you get a 1.5 volt light bulb?
From stores which sell light bulbs for flashlamps.
When was the first record made?
Thomas A. Edison recorded his voice on a piece of tinfoil in 1877. In 1889 Edison and Columbia began to sell cylinders. In 1892 Berliner began to sell discs. These are the first commercial records.
Who is the inventor of electric lighting?
EdisonActually, it wasn't invented by Edison, he was only credited for it, but other uncredited inventers were working on it as well.Actually, Edison did invent a light bulb that worked well; so did the Scotsman Joseph Swan. The two had worked independently, and neither knew of the other's existence. Edison filed for a patent, only to discover that Swan had filed six days before him. Priority is one of the unbreakable rules in patent law, so Swan got the patent and the official credit.Edison sulked a little, then sued a lot, and it dragged on for years. Eventually the two agreed to pool their resources, and formed a new company called Ediswan to make and sell millions of light bulbs.
Why did Thomas Edison start inventing?
Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb. Thomas Edison improved the light bulb design because he went to a convention and saw a lightbulb realitive to the one he will soon copy. But it went out in a few minutes.
How did madam c.j walker and thomas Edison benefit from the system of free enterprise?
Cj walker created a hair business and Thomas made an invention to sell for $40,000
Is there a gold light bulb?
Yes I have two of them I want to sell they are 6" globe
Who said anything won't sell that i don't want to invent?
micheal jackson Вообще-то Томас Эдисон
