Many credit the invention of the incandescent light bulb with Edison or Swan but its development actually took place over two centuries and by the time Edison and Swan got involved, the tech was down ...

COOPERSBURG, Pa.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Under a little-known requirement that went into effect this week, the last of the “general service” incandescent bulbs—descendants of the original light bulb ...

Thomas Edison at the lightbulb’s golden jubilee anniversary. The story of humans trying to use light and heat to their benefit goes back to prehistoric times. The earliest use of fire for these ...

Saturday, December 21 is the shortest day of the year so we thought it would be a good time to appreciate the history of light bulbs. RELATED: Livermore’s 123-year-old Centennial Lightbulb glows up We ...

RED CLOUD GARRISON, South Korea - Ever since Thomas Alva Edison invented them in 1878, incandescent light bulbs have been the most common source of lighting around the world, but as energy efficiency ...

The discoverer of the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the quadruplex telegraph, among other things, is one of ...

At the end of July, the incandescent light bulb – patented by Thomas Edison in 1880 and a common fixture in American homes for more than a century – will pass into history. By Aug. 1, commonly used ...

LED Lighting Supply looked at the history of electric lighting, from early incandescent lightbulbs to LED technology. - Underwood Archives // Getty Images LED Lighting Supply looked at the history of ...