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In the 1960s, US inventor Robert (Bob) Kyp patented a similar in appearance but flickering "electric flame" light bulb under the name Balafire [6] as well as radiometers. His flicker bulb was used in a 7-Up commercial, [7] and the company he ran since 1964, Kyp-Go, is currently the only US manufacturer of carbon-filament bulbs. [8]
Alessandro Cruto was an Italian inventor, born in the town of Piossasco, near Turin, who created an early incandescent light bulb.. Son of a construction foreman, he attended the school of architecture at the University of Turin, while also attending Physics and Chemistry lectures with the dream of crystallizing carbon to obtain diamonds. [1]
Matthew Evans is one of two Canadians who developed and patented an incandescent light bulb, on July 24, 1874, five years before Thomas Alva Edison's U.S. patent on the device. Evans, from Toronto, Ontario, and his friend Henry Woodward, made the light bulb by sending electricity through a filament made of carbon. Evans was a hotelier.
Alexander Just A Just–Hanaman light-bulb, Budapest, 1906 Alexander Just as a soldier during World War I. Alexander Friedrich Just (12 April 1874, in Bremen – 30 May 1937, in Budapest) was an Austro-Hungarian [1] chemist and inventor. [2] Later, in Hungary he used the name Just Sándor Frigyes.
The pendant light at Fire Station #6 in which the bulb is installed. The Centennial Light was originally a 60-watt bulb, but has since dimmed significantly and is now as bright as a 4-watt bulb. [7] [8] [9] The hand-blown, carbon-filament common light bulb was invented by Adolphe Chaillet, a French engineer who filed a patent for this socket ...
A photo of the original purchase order from Thomas Edison to Corning for the glass encasement for Edison’s lightbulb in 1880. CEO Wendell Weeks keeps the purchase order framed in his office as a ...
Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) was an American inventor and patent draftsman. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner, an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric light bulbs, and an improved toilet system for railroad cars.
U.S. patent 0,223,898 – Electric Lamp : Edison's incandescent light bulb invention. The original spiral carbon-filament is shown and repeatedly referred to. First practical commercially viable electric lamp. This device replaced the flame lamp, gas lamp, kerosene-oil lamp, and wax candle. U.S. patent 0,224,329 – Electric-Lighting Apparatus