USA HISTORY

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: -Incandescent Bulbs Light the Way Long before Thomas Edison patented–first in 1879 and then a year later in 1880–and began commercializing his incandescent light bulb, British inventors were demonstrating that electric light was possible with the arc lamp.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Brief History of the Light Bulb The electric light, one of the everyday conveniences that most affects our lives, was not “invented” in the traditional sense in 1879 by Thomas Alva Edison, although he could be said to have created the first commercially practical incandescent light.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edison Light Bulb, 1879 Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention-the light bulb, the first practical electric incandescent lamp.