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Edison's incandescent lamps showing various forms of carbon filament, 1883. Artist: Unknown

Edison's incandescent lamps showing various forms of carbon filament, 1883. Artist: Unknown

1-156-168 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Edison's incandescent lamps showing various forms of carbon filament, 1883. 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 Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science (The New Conquests of Science), by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1883).

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  1. Thomas Edison: American: Inventor, businessman
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  1. 007403
  1. 007403
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  1. 1-156-168
  1. 1156168
  1. 1806
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