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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which individual is responsible for inventing the incandescent lightbulb?
A
Alexander Graham Bell
B
Thomas Edison
C
Samuel Morse
D
Andrew Carnegie
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On January 27, 1880, Thomas Edison received the historic patent embodying the principles of his incandescent lamp that paved the way for the universal domestic use of electric light.

Detailed explanation-2: -By January 1879, at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Edison had built his first high resistance, incandescent electric light. It worked by passing electricity through a thin platinum filament in the glass vacuum bulb, which delayed the filament from melting. Still, the lamp only burned for a few short hours.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the most famous and prolific inventors of all time, Thomas Alva Edison exerted a tremendous influence on modern life, contributing inventions such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, as well as improving the telegraph and telephone.

Detailed explanation-4: -Precursors to Thomas Edison’s Electric Light Bulb The voltaic pile inspired British chemist Humphry Davy to design a battery of his own and use it to power an arc lamp. The arc lamp did in fact produce visible light contained in a bulb, and since it debuted in 1806, Davy’s invention beat Edison’s by over seven decades.

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