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

Caption: 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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Image size: 4380 × 2414 px | 30.3 MB

Print size: 37.1 × 20.4 cm | 1724.4 × 950.4 in (300 dpi)

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