Thomas Edison and the incandescent light

How Incandescent Lamps Work

The incandescent lightbulbs work in this way: electricity

flows through the filament that is inside the bulb; the
filament has resistance to the electricity; the resistance
makes the filament heat to a high temperature; the heated
filament then radiates light. All incandescent lamps work by
using a physical filament.

Thomas Edison’s work

Long ago, Edison made significant improvements to the

idea of incandescent light, and wound up in the public
consciousness as "the inventor" of the light bulb.

The first successful test was on October 22, 1879;it lasted

40 hours. Edison continued to improve this design and by
November 4, 1879, filed for U.S. patent (granted on
January 27, 1880) for an electric lamp using "a carbon
filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires"

In 1878, Edison formed the Edison Electric Light Company in New York City with several
financiers, including J. P. Morgan and the members of the Vanderbilt family. Edison made the
first public demonstration of his incandescent light bulb on December 31, 1879, in Menlo Park.
It was during this time that he said: "We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will
burn candles."

Today

Nowadays, incandescent light bulbs are

gradually being replaced in many applications by
other types of electric light such as fluorescent
lamps, high-intensity discharge lamps, light-
emitting diodes (LEDs), and other devices.
These newer technologies give more visible light
and less heat for the same amount of electrical
energy input. Some jurisdictions, such as the
European Union, are in the process of phasing
out the use of incandescent light bulbs in favor
of more energy-efficient lighting. In the United
States, federal law has scheduled incandescent
light bulbs to be phased out by 2014 to be
replaced with more energy-efficient light bulbs. In Brazil, they have already been phased out.

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