The Invention of the Light Bulb Little Book

The Invention of

the Light Bulb Little Book

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Thomas Edison was an inventor who was interested in electricity

and how it could be used to make light. 1

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At that time, people used either gas lanterns or candles for light.
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Mr. Edison made a glass bulb for the glow to show through and
then tried many things to use as a wire or filament in the bulb,
including the red hair of a man’s beard. 3

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After two years, Thomas Edison discovered in 1882 that

carbonized thread would glow. 4

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Thomas Edison not only invented the electric light bulb but he also
designed a power plant that made electricity more accessible to
everyone in the world. 5

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