The invention of the gas lamp by Thomas Edison in 1879 marked a milestone in the development of gas lighting. However, it is important to remember that at the time of the present invention, the bulb is already a mature and well developed industry with a good infrastructure in place and a variety of players.
Many inventors have tried in the production of electricity with little success, but all have contributed to increasing the understanding of electricity. Among the players time to Edisonwere Sir Humphrey Davy, Warren De La Rue, James Bowman Lindsay, James Prescott Joule, Frederick Moleyns and Heinrich Göbel.
From the beginning, there was a serious struggle for control of the lighting industry with key players determined to check their progress. While hundreds of companies participated, two finally emerged as the industry leader and managed with the use of patents as monopolies that clear. These companies include General Electric andWestinghouse.
Between 1878 and 1880, Edison and his team have made numerous attempts to develop a light bulb. His goal was a case of great strength and a system that requires less energy than arc lamps developed. This was done in 1879, when the incandescent electric light, Edison developed the work of a thin platinum filament in a glass bulb under vacuum.
The many attempts to make the bulbEdison had in mind, is a study in perseverance. disappointed by the filament to burn for a short period of time, Edison tested thousands of materials produced in the late 1880s there was a 16 watt bulb might last 1500 hours.
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