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To produce enough light, these lamps required the use of extremely long filaments, which remained so until the development of more efficiently wound tungsten filaments. 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.
Edward Hibberd Johnson (January 4, 1846 – September 9, 1917) [1] was an inventor and business associate of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison.He was involved in many of Edison's projects, and was a partner in an early organization which evolved into General Electric.
In 1882 an inventor named Edward Hibberd Johnson working for Thomas Edison made a string of red, white, and blue electric light bulbs and used them to decorate the Christmas tree at his home in New York City. [3] [4] These coloured lights that were strung on a tree provided the earliest version of contemporary Christmas lights. However ...
The Edison Illuminating Company was established by Thomas Edison on December 17, 1880, to construct electrical generating stations, initially in New York City. The company was the prototype for other local illuminating companies that were established in the United States during the 1880s.
Hiram S. Maxim was the chief engineer at the US Electric Lighting Co. [52] After the great success in the United States, the incandescent light bulb patented by Edison also began to gain widespread popularity in Europe as well; among other places, the first Edison light bulbs in the Nordic countries were installed at the weaving hall of the ...
The Edison and Swan Electric Light Company Limited was a manufacturer of incandescent lamp bulbs and other electrical goods. It was formed in 1883 with the name Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company with the merger of the Swan United Electric Company and the Edison Electric Light Company. [1] [2]