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In 1809 Humphrey Davy, a British chemist, began the idea of an incandescent light bulb.He simply used a high power battery to create a current between two charcoal strips creating an intence incandescent light
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In 1820, Warren De la Rue used a platinum coil in a vacumm sealed tube and ran an electric current through it to make an incandescent light bulb This was the first attempt ever.
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William Robert Grove, succeeded in lighting a stadium with incandescent lamps. They consisted of platinum incased in inverted glass sealed by water. But, unfortunately, the technology was too expensive for commercial use.
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Frederik de Moleyns recieved the first patent for an incandescent lamp. The design involved powdered charcoal between two platinum wires and a glass bulb.
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In 1893 Heinrich Gobel won court against Thomas Edison as the inventor of the electric lamp and recieved some profit.
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In modern days light bulbs are made from magnetic currents and gas that when joined exited the gas and emits light.There are light bulbs now that las for over 2500 days
