Because Edison thought that candles and oil lamps were too dim and it won't last for a long time. So he decided to invent a new invention to help the get brighter.
He has lit up the world
He has made the world a brighter place to live.
Agapito Flores invented the fluorescent lamp...
The fluorescent lamp was invented by American engineer and inventor, George Inman, who developed the first commercially viable fluorescent lamp in 1934.
The Anglepoise lamp was invented by George Carwardine, a British automotive engineer, in the 1930s. Carwardine designed the lamp with springs and a unique mechanism that allowed for flexible and adjustable movement.
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The touch lamp was first invented by designer Ron Rezek in the early 1980s. His design featured a metal base with a sensor that could detect touch and turn the lamp on or off.
Sir Humphrey Davy invented the electric carbon arc lamp in 1801. Goerges Claude invented the neon lamp in 1911.
Thomas Alva Edison invented fluorescent lamp in 1896
agapito flores invented the flourescent lamp.... by:rizza Mae
It was David Krypton lamp.
Agapito Flores invented the fluorescent lamp...
the lava lamp was invented that day. from mariah.
thomas Edison invented the electric lamp !!!no it was invented by a british scientist humphrey davies, Edison merely improved on his work, stupid American.
Oil lamp as we know it was invented by Polish scientist Ignacy Łukasiewicz Wikipedia.pl - http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampa_naftowa
There is no evidence to support this claim, the French physicist A. E. Becquerel and others has already invented the lamp
Sir Humphry Davy
Agapito Flores, a Filipino, invented the florescent lamp, also known as a fluorescent lamp. He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop and trained at a vocational school to become an electrician.
The fluorescent lamp was invented by American engineer and inventor, George Inman, who developed the first commercially viable fluorescent lamp in 1934.