Thomas Alva Edison, the man behind the electric bulb has been a well-known inventor for more than a century now. It is primarily thanks to his incredible demonstration on a chilly New Year's Eve ...

In 1874, they filed a Canadian patent for a similar bulb. Ultimately, they failed to commercialize it, but they sold their patent to Thomas Edison. Edison got serious about electric lighting in 1878.

The eternal light bulb has been lit since 1901 at the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department and is in Guinness World Records.

The electric light bulb inspired the development of the radio valve and the television tube.Can we imagine what the world would have been like in the 20th and 21st centuries without the light bulb?

Bulbs that take 0 to 15 seconds to reach near ... and over 63 seconds scored poor. The Feit Electric 60 Watt Replacement 9.5 W LED is part of the Lightbulbs test program at Consumer Reports.

Bulbs that take 0 to 15 seconds to reach near ... and over 63 seconds scored poor. The Feit Electric A19/OM/800/LED is part of the Lightbulbs test program at Consumer Reports.

The stripped ends of the string and the metal tips of the bulbs are soldered together. After the two parts are combined, each light is tested again for electric charge. Then the machine covers the ...