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Edison's incandescent light globe in a table lamp fitting, 1891. Artist: Unknown

Edison's incandescent light globe in a table lamp fitting, 1891. The filament here is carbonised bamboo fibres. 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 Electricity and Magnetism by Amedee Guillemin. (London, 1891).

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Title: Edison's incandescent light globe in a table lamp fitting, 1891. Artist: Unknown

Caption: Edison's incandescent light globe in a table lamp fitting, 1891. The filament here is carbonised bamboo fibres. 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 Electricity and Magnetism by Amedee Guillemin. (London, 1891).

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Print size: 20.5 × 36.7 cm | 952.0 × 1707.1 in (300 dpi)

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