Ciekawostka: Thomas Edison, acclaimed inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark

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Thomas Edison: Patent No. 223,898 for the Light Bulb. Perhaps no invention defines the Gilded Age in the United States like Thomas Edison’s light bulb; only Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone rivals it in importance. The ability to flip a switch and turn darkness to light has had an impact equivalent to that of fire or the wheel or air conditioning on human life in the modern era. Candles, oil, kerosene, and gaslight had previously allowed people to live their lives past sundown, but all of them were expensive and carried an element of danger in the exposure to open flame. Edison’s light bulb was cheap and safe and therefore transformed the workplace, the home, and leisure spaces. Longer wor…

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A World of Darkness: What If Thomas Edison Had to Write Grant Proposals to Invent the Light Bulb?

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Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931), inventor and business entrepreneur

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