Edison didn't stole Tesla's design. Edison invented of his type of Joseph Swan's lightbulb. There was already Electric Light in 1805.
TIL that Thomas Alva Edison did not invent the light bulb; electric light sources were being experimented since early 1800s and an English Physicist Sir Joseph Swan had a working prototype of electric incandescent light bulb more than a decade earlier than Edison. bulbs.com/learning/histor…
This Day in Victorian History US Patent Office says Joseph Swan rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp (1892) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos…
TIL the electric light bulb was actually invented by Joseph Swan a year before Edison's design, and the two men reached their inventions independently didyouknow.org/who-invent…
Edison Building, 42-44 Broad Street, New York City. Edison General Electric Company headquarters designed by architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings, built 1891. Pioneer of electric lighting with a generator in the basement powering 500 incandescent Edison bulbs. Demolished 1931.
"WHY ARE TWO OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST BUILDING INSTALLING ELECTRIC HEAT?" LIFE Magazine Advertising featuring the First National Bank Building and John Hancock Center by Commonwealth Edison Company, 1965.
@SmithsonianMag: In 1882, after Thomas Edison developed a practical electric light bulb, Edward Johnson, his friend and partner in Edison’s Illumination Company, created the first set of “Christmas lights.” https://t.co/65JMOIKwwU mobile.twitter.com/Smiths…
"No Danger from the Lights on Christmas Trees when Edison Miniature Lamps are used." - General Electric Company [1901]
TDIH: October 15, 1878. The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation. Illustration: photo General Electric in Schenectady, NY, aerial view, 1896
TIL: Thomas Edison’s first car was fully electric! And Edison designed the nickel-iron batteries used in some Baker Motor Vehicle Company electric vehicles ohiohistorycentral.org/w/…
TIL The first use of electric Christmas lights in a household is credited to Edward H. Johnson, a close friend of Edison and the president of the Edison company history1800s.about.com/od…
The Edison incandescent electric light (Edison electric light company, 1887)
The Edison incandescent electric light (Edison electric light company, 1887)
YSK: Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison and Toledo Edison electric customers can get a free "Energy Conservation Kit" - 9 CFLs, 2 night lights, power strip, and more ohioenergykit.com/
The Edison incandescent electric light (Edison electric light company, 1887)
TIL that Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb. The first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy. enchantedlearning.com/inv…
Chemist, engineer, and NJ Institute of Technology co-founder Edward Weston was born on this date in 1850. Competitor of Edison in the early days of electricity generation; co-founded the Weston Electric Light Co in Newark; died in Montclair in 1936 having attained 334 US patents during his life en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edw…
New research is bringing to light that German scientists have been researching anti-gravity technology for over 150 years. Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla are considered to be the prominent pioneers in electrical research, while few have ever heard of T. Townsend Brown youtube.com/watch?v=pmtE7…
A less progressive Electric Vehicle company called Edison
PSA from Pedro Pizarro, president and CEO of Southern California Edison electric company v.redd.it/pdt9jcgx5jn41
TIL that a man called Joseph Swan had invented the light bulb 50 years ago Edison and sued him successfully for it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos…
TIL Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb and that electric lights had already existed for more than 70 years before he filed his patent in 1878 bulbs.com/learning/histor…
PSA from Pedro Pizarro, president and CEO of Southern California Edison electric company v.redd.it/pdt9jcgx5jn41
TIL that Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb. The first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy. reddit.com/r/todayilearne…
TIL In 1891, Tesla made a risky Demonstration to discredit Edison company's claims on Safety of AC.During the Demo, For a moment, 250,000 volts raced across the surface of his body , causing him to be surrounded by what one newspaper called “the Effulgent Glory of Myriad Tongues of Electric Flame.” nationalgeographic.com/hi…
PSA from Pedro Pizarro, president and CEO of Southern California Edison electric company v.redd.it/lr704bpg5jn41
TIL when Thomas Edison installed the modern electric lighting in the Ponce De Leon Hotel in St Augustine, FL they had to hire extra staff to turn lights on and off for guests that were scared of being shocked. floridamemory.com/blog/20…
Edison Electric Light sign. It was used to help with the transition from match-lit indoor gas lights to electric light bulbs operated by a rotating switch on the wall. (1892)
Joseph Swan was ,in fact, the actual inventor of the light bulb, not Thomas Edison. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos…
Globe Electric 40W Vintage Edison S60 Squirrel Cage Incandescent Filament Light Bulb, 3-Pack, E26 Base $26.78 (lowest) amazon.ca/dp/B00OOOFGNO?&…
100 Years Ago Today (November 15, 1921) Radio broadcasting begins for the first time in Chicago as Westinghouse Electric and Commonwealth Edison jointly launch station KYW.
Thomas Edison invented electric heater that emitted less than five percent of light, and named it a light bulb
Create an electric car company called Edison, steal all of Elon Musk's Tesla ideas, claim all the credit and become rich.
Start another electric car company to compete with Tesla Motors and call it Edison Motors
TIL: 203 years before Thomas Edison "invented" the light bulb, french astronomer Jean Picard created the first artificial light. He made a chance discovery moving a mercury barometer in a dark room and noticed it glowed. He isolated the effect and the first electric light was borne in neon lighting neonlibrary.com/neon_sign…
Will this leaf ever grow into a mature plant? The electric company shut off my lights. reddit.com/gallery/rjhgqq
