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| Picture No | 10216285 |
| Date | 1880 |
| Description | Edison's electric lamp |
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Components of the electric lamp patented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) in 1879. The lamp worked by passing an electric current through a carbon filament enclosed in a vacuum in a sealed glass bulb.
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| Source | The Graphic, 17 January 1880, page 77 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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