WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Station inaugurated electric service in 1882. Just thirty years later, in 1912, electrification of the home was underway. The National Electric Light Association, NELA, was the predecessor to the Edison Electric Institute of our day.

Detailed explanation-3: -Before Benjamin Franklin figured out electricity, we all lived without it. Nearly 250 thousand Amish people still live without electricity today, not to mention the thousands of people in developing countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -Electricity was first introduced into people’s homes near the end of the Victorian period in the late 19th century. The world’s first electric street lights were set up in London in 1878 and can be found almost everywhere in the world today.