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: -Thomas Alva Edison, born in Ohio on February 11, 1847, was one of the most well-known inventors of all time.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -On New Year’s Eve 1879, after toiling in his laboratory for over a year, Thomas Alva Edison unveiled his electric light bulb to the public in his hometown of Menlo Park, New Jersey. The very bulb is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.