What would electricity have done for us if a clever mind had not invented the light bulb?Like all important inventions, the light bulb has many uncertainties surrounding its origin. And that is true even when it is illuminated.
[Most importantly, who invented the light bulb?
– If you are now nodding your head and saying, “I guess I didn\’t look at it right in school,” let me tell you.
– Thomas Alva Edison was second.
– Heinrich Goebel beat him by a quarter of a century.
Goebel, this watchmaker and inventor, had a watch store in New York City and was lighting up windows as early as 1854.
So why do we learn about Edison in school?
– Initially Goebel thought this was just a publicity stunt and that nothing more would come of it.
– When he realized that this patent might be of more significance, he realized that he did not have enough money to have it granted.
– He must have been quite angry.
– Also because Goebel\’s light bulb was certainly better.
– His 1854 bulb glowed for 220 hours; Edison\’s in 1879 was half that.
Of course, Goebel solved another problem that Edison did not face. When Goebel removed the air from the glass flask and sealed the wire, the flask cracked. Perhaps it would have been best if the two had joined forces then to develop the light bulb.
Sugar factories were the first to light up
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[On the other hand, who lit the light bulb first may not matter today. [What is important is that this invention moved mankind a little forward again. It is also interesting to know which buildings were first lit in Bohemia.
– Certainly one would expect (as I did) that it would be a department store, or at least a theater.
