The light bulb as we know it today actually took about 80 years to perfect Who invented the light bulb? It took almost 80 years from when the first incandescent lighting was created, ...

In this sense, the invention of the light bulb was a decades-long process of incremental changes to create a filament that can be manufactured reliably and extended beyond Edison and Maxim alone.

The first electric light bulb, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 and patented on January 27, 1880. Welgos/Archive Photos/Getty Images. Latimer’s improvements ...

Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb—but here’s what he did do. With more than a thousand patents to his name, the legendary inventor's innovations helped define the modern world.

Still life of the first electric light bulb, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 and patented on January 27, 1880. Welgos / Getty Images. By Jennifer Latson. October 21, 2014 10:30 AM EDT.

Thomas Edison is revered as a great American inventor, and his incandescent bulb is considered one of the most important inventions of the modern world. But in The Age of Edison: Electric Light ...

The inventor, known for his work to improve the development of the electric incandescent light bulb and the early invention of air conditioning to name a few of his innovations, was laid to rest ...

The first electric light bulb, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 and patented on January 27, 1880. Welgos/Archive Photos/Getty Images. Latimer’s improvements ...