Light bulb developments

sir humphry davy

1802

Created the first electrical lamp by using a high powered battery to create current between to charcoal strips. It was 1,000 times brighter than a candle

First pattern of an incandescent lamp

1841

(Platinum wires in a vacuum bulb) Was given to an Englishman Fredrick D. L.

Thomas Edison

1879

Bought the pattern for carbon bulbs ( cotton and linen thread and the light lasted for 40 hours) from Henry woodword and Mathew Evans of Canada