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The invention that made night a second daytime, on demand.
means A source of illumination produced by electric current rather than flame — light conjured from a wire or bulb instead of a wick.
from 'Electric' traces back to Greek 'elektron,' meaning amber — because ancient observers noticed rubbed amber could attract light objects, a spark of static that eventually gave its name to the whole phenomenon of electricity. 'Light' is just old, plain Old English 'leoht.' The pairing is 19th-century, coined as inventors raced to tame electric current into something that could glow steadily in a bulb rather than just arc and flare.
- not edison alone
- over 20 inventors built bulbs before him
- real win
- edison engineered the whole power delivery system
- first filament
- carbonized bamboo lasted over 1200 hours
- side effect
- killed the night sky for city dwellers