Thomas Edison Light Bulbs

Edison light bulbs retroactively referred to as antique light bulbs and vintage light bulbs refer to carbon or early tungsten filament light bulbs or modern bulbs reproducing their appearance most of these bulbs are reproductions of the wound filament bulbs made popular by edison electric light company at the turn of the 20th century.

Thomas edison light bulbs.

They are easily identified by the long and complicated. Thomas alva edison february 11 1847 october 18 1931 was an american inventor and businessman who has been described as america s greatest inventor. The base or socket on this 19th century lamp is similar to the ones still used today. His experiments involved the fabrication and testing of many different metal filaments including platinum.

Thomas edison s serious incandescent light bulb research began in 1878 filing his first patent later that year improvement in electric lights in october 1878. These inventions which include the phonograph the motion picture camera and early versions of the electric. The edison lamp from our attic is dated january 27 1880. It is a product of the continued improvements edison made to the 1879 bulb.

He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation mass communication sound recording and motion pictures. Even though it is over a hundred years old this bulb looks very much like the light bulbs lighting your house right now.