The story of Edison inventing the electric light?

Contrary to popular understanding, Edison was not the inventor of electric light at first, but Edison improved it.

As early as 180 1 year, a British chemist named humphry davy used platinum wire to electrify and glow in the laboratory. 18 10, he invented the "electric candle" which was illuminated by the arc between two charged carbon rods, which was the earliest prototype of the electric lamp. Joseph swan, another British electrical engineer, after nearly 30 years' research, made a vacuum bulb with electricity and light from carbon wire in 1878+02.

The report about the swan's light bulb gave Edison a great inspiration. 1879 10, Edison finally succeeded in making an incandescent light bulb with carbon fiber as the filament, which is called "carbonized cotton filament incandescent lamp". Later, a large number of incandescent lamps were put into production, and companies were established to establish corresponding power stations, transmission networks and other infrastructure, which soon made electric lamps widely used in the United States.

During this period, he constantly improved his technology, and finally decided to use tungsten wire as the filament, which is called "tungsten lamp" and has been used ever since, so Edison became a recognized inventor of electric lamp.

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The United States Patent Office ruled that Edison's invention of carbon filament incandescent lamp lagged behind others, and the patent was invalid. After years of litigation, Henry Goebbels won the patent, and finally Edison bought the patent from Goebbels poor widow. In Britain, Swan accused Edison of patent infringement. Later, they settled out of court and set up a joint venture company in Britain on 1883.

Swan later sold his shares and patents to Edison.

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