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Edison's carbon filament lamp, 1880. Artist: Unknown

Edison's carbon filament lamp, 1880. Artist: Unknown

1-156-166 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Edison's carbon filament lamp, 1880. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American physicist and inventor, produced the first successful electric light bulb. His first practicable carbon filament lamp used carbonised bamboo fibre. From The Scientific American. (New York, 10 January 1880).

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  1. Thomas Edison: American: Inventor, businessman
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  1. Engraving
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Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2834x3697
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  1. 007401
  1. 007401
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  1. 1-156-166
  1. 1156166
  1. 1804
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