On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. Reporters came from all over the U.S. to see Edison's Menlo Park lab lit up with his incandescent bulbs.

It is primarily thanks to his incredible demonstration on a chilly New Year's Eve in 1879. Edison ... light bulb not only durable but also economical, and this was a crucial factor for mass usage ...

Thomas Alva Edison is an unparalleled figure in the ... For more than 100 years, the basic design of light bulbs followed Edison’s original 1879 invention, until incandescent bulbs were phased out in ...

He gave public demonstrations of this scientific breakthrough in late 1878 and early 1879 ... world's first light bulb factory at Benwell in Newcastle. In 1883 Swan teamed up with Thomas Edison ...

In 1879, Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb and submitted the patent for the creation. Louisville's Thomas Edison House is celebrating the 140th Anniversary of Edison's 1879 ...