light bulb

the Infrared light

Jan 5, 1800

Infrared light was discovered in 1800

who invented the first electric light

Jan 1, 1802

Humphry Davy

when the first electric light was made

Jan 1, 1802

In 1802, Humphry Davy invented the first electric light.

how many tries it took to create the light bulb

Oct 24, 1877

it took 1,000 tries for the light bulb to successfully work

when the longer lasting lightbulb created

Jan 1, 1878

In 1878, Swan developed a longer lasting light bulb using a treated cotton thread that also removed the problem of early bulb blackening.

light bulb first made

Jan 1, 1879

thomas edison invents the light bulb

how the light bulb was made

Feb 2, 1879

, he filed for a U.S. patent for an electric lamp using “a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected … to platina contact wires”. The filament was made from a piece of carbonized thread