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Still life of the first electric light bulb, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 and patented on January 27, 1880.

First Light Bulb

The birth of the incandescent lamp; a scene in Edison's Menlo Park laboratory, New Jersey, USA. Francis Jahl is replenshing the supply of mercury in...

The Lamp Is Lit

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First elektric lamps, wood engravings, published in 1893

Inventor and physicist Thomas Alva Edison looking at a lightbulb.

Edison And Bulb

View of the upstairs of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park lab after its relocation to the Henry Ford Museum in Greenfield Village, with gas and electric...

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Evolution of the light bulb - from Thomas Edison to energy saving bulb

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, with his first dynamo for producing electric light, 1880s. Edison was a prolific inventor who registered over...

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, with his first dynamo for producing electric light, 1880s.

Thomas A. Edison exhibits a replica of his first successful incandescent lamp, which gave 16 candlepower of illumination, in contrast to the ultimate...

Thomas Edison Exhibits First Successful Incandescent Lamp

Photograph of Thomas Edison's electric lamp, patented January 27, 1880. Undated.

Thomas Edison's Electric Lamp

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Edison's light bulb (1879), wood engraving, published in 1881

Made by the American inventor Thomas Alva Edison . Edison's lamp had a single loop of carbon which glowed when a current flowed through it. The glass...

Edisons filament lamp, 1879.

Inventor Thomas Alva Edison shows the incandescent lamps he created at his Menlo Park laboratory in New Jersey. While Edison did not invent the idea...

Thomas Edison in His Laboratory

Made by the American inventor Thomas Alva Edison , this lamp had a single loop of carbon which glowed when a current flowed through it. The glass...

Edisons filament lamp (left) shown with bulb, c 1880.

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, with his first dynamo for producing electric light, 1880s. Edison was a prolific inventor who registered over...

Thomas Alva Edison, American Inventor, With His First Dynamo For Producing Electric Light, 1880S

Thomas Alva Edison American physicist and inventor experimenting with electric lamps, even on his wedding day. Engraving, Paris, 1883.

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American physicist and inventor experimenting with electric lamps, even on his wedding day. Engraving, Paris, 1883.

The engraving represents the giant electric lamp as one of the several inventions of Thomas Alva Edison . Exposition Universelle of 1889, Paris....

Lamp made of twenty thousand incandescent lights by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

Thomas Edison invented or developed a great many of the 20th century's essential electronic devices, such as the phonograph, the incandescent...

American Inventor Thomas Edison

Photo shows Thomas Edison seated at his desk in a chemical laboratory. Undated.

Thomas Edison Seated At Desk In Lab

American inventor Thomas Alva Edison holding a light bulb in his laboratory. Menlo Park, 1910s

Thomas Alva Edison In His Laboratory

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Diagram of Edison's electric light meter, 19th Century

Thomas Edison , American inventor, in 1883 , with the incandescent lamps that he invented.

Thomas Edison (1847-1931), American inventor, in 1

Noted inventor Thomas Edison at the lightbulb's golden jubilee anniversary banquet in his honor, Orange, New Jersey, October 16, 1929. He is...

Thomas Edison And His Big Bulb

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Edison incandescent lamp

Inventor and physicist Thomas Alva Edison looking at a lightbulb

Thomas Alva Edison Holding a Lightbulb

Portrait of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison as a young man. Undated photograph.

Thomas Alva Edison as a Young Man

Made by the American inventor Thomas Alva Edison . Edison's lamp had a single loop of carbon which glowed when a current flowed through it. The glass...

Edisons filament lamp, 1879.

This Dean Cornwell painting depicts Thomas Edison and his associates testing a new carbonized thread lamp in their Menlo Park laboratory.

Painting of Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park Laboratory by Dean Cornwell

Illustration of Men Associated with Electricity Taunting a Sleeping Man

Illustration of Men Associated with Electricity Taunting a Sleeping Man

View of Thomas Edison's electrical laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey, showing the galvanizing room with early electric bulbs. Undated photograph.

Thomas Edison'S Menlo Park Laboratory

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Thomas Edison Stamp

Thomas Alva Edison American inventor, at work on incandescent light bulbs in his laboratory at Menlo Park.

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor, at work on incandescent light bulbs in his laboratory at Menlo Park.

Window Display Promoting Edison Day 1916

Window Display Promoting Edison Day 1916

Thomas Alva Edison American inventor, with his first dynamo for producing electric light.

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor, with his first dynamo for producing electric light.

Volume 2, Page 117, Picture 15, Thomas Edison, US, inventor of the light bulb and gramophone,

Volume 2, Page 117, Picture 15. Thomas Edison, US. inventor of the light bulb and gramophone. (1847-1931).

American inventor Thomas Edison works on the electric light bulb in his laboratory.

Thomas Alva Edison , American inventor of the carbon telephone transmitter , phonograph , and incandescent lamp with carbon filament .

American inventor Thomas Edison examining his incandescent light bulb with industrialist Henry Ford .

Examining Light Bulbs

The great American inventor Thomas Edison is surrounded by his creations.

Thomas Alva Edison

Replica of the first commercially used electric light, developed by Thomas Edison.

First Commercially Used Edison Lamp

Thomas Edison with his first phonograph. Photograph.

Thomas Edison with His First Phonograph

Dearborn, MI: Henry Ford, the late automotive pioneer, poses with his inventor friend, Thomas A. Edison.

Ford Posing With Edison; Seated In Car

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Edison And Bulb

Stereoscopic image showing American inventor Thomas Edison and his original dynamo developed for producing electricity for electric lighting, at the...

Thomas Edison With His Original Dynamo

Demonstration of Thomas Edison's electric lightbulb during the Tennessee Centennial Exposition at night, 1897. Note: Image has been digitally...

Electric Lightbulb Demonstration

Three American innovators Henry Ford , founder of Ford Motor Company, Thomas Edison , inventor of the incandescent light and the phonograph, and...

Three American Innovators

American inventor Thomas Alva Edison , whose development of a practical electric light bulb, electric generating system, sound-recording device, and...

Thomas Edison's design of the incandescent electric lamp number 12, 631 which was patented on December 27, 1881. Image courtesy US Department of...

Incandescent Electric Lamp

The American inventor Thomas Edison who patented the first incandescent lamp in 1879 shows examples of an early and a later light bulb to the...

Edison and Ford

Thomas Edison and friend Francis Jehl prepare to re-enact the first illumination of the incandescent lamp in 1929, 50 years after the original event....

Jehl, Hoover, Ford, and Edison at Reenactment

Office of Edison Electric Light Co., 65 Fifth Avenue, New York City 1881. Mr. Edison is seen at the left grasping the hand-rail. Mr. Charles...

Building of Edison Electric Light Company

Thomas Alva Edison , American inventor.

Orange, New Jersey- Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Edison at the Light's Golden Jubilee banquet given in honor of the noted inventor at the YMCA here. They are...

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Edison Being Honored

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, in his laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, working on the perfection of the incandescent light bulb,...

Thomas Edison, American inventor, in his laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1870s (1920s).

Photograph of an Early Sketch of a Light Bulb by Thomas Edison on February 13, 1880.

Interior of Thomas Edison's light bulb laboratory, Menlo Park, United States of America, engraving from L'Illustrazione Italiana, No 4, January 25,...

Interior of Thomas Edison's light bulb laboratory

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847 – 1931. American inventor and businessman. From Bibby's Annual, published 1915

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847 – 1931

Thomas Edison and friend Francis Jehl rehearse for a re-enactment of the first illumination of the incandescent lamp in 1929, 50 years after the...

Thomas Edison and Francis Jehl Re-Enacting Invention

New York, NY - Thomas Alva edison, visits his old shop on Fifteenth Street, New York and looks over the scene of his former and first experiments. He...

Edison Visits His Old Shop

Thomas Alva Edison at Menlo Park, late 1880s. Edison , American physicist and inventor in his laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey. He moved to Menlo...

Thomas Alva Edison at Menlo Park, late 1880s. Artist: Anon

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