At his Menlo Park laboratory, in New Jersey, USA, Edison demonstrated the first practical incandescent light bulb. It could glow for hours without burning out. A newspaper reporter dubbed him 'The ...
Born in Sunderland, he studied chemistry and moved to Tyneside where, after many years of persistent effort, he created the first successful 'incandescent filament electric lamp' - the light bulb.
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