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in 1802 humphry davy invented the first electric light he experimented whith electricity and invented an electric battery
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British scientist Warren De la rue developed an efficiantly designed light bulb using a coiled platinum filamend in place of copper
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He invented the Yablochkov candle the first practical carbon arc lamp for public street lightning in Paris
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In 1878 Thomas Edison began searious research into developing a practical lamp. He tested more that 300 designs between 1878 -1880
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Filed and recieved the historic patent for the incandescent lamp
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Edison produced a 16 watt light bulb that lasts 1,500 hours
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Marvin Pipkin created the soft light bulb by coating the inside glass with white silica
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Created the compact fluorescent lamp