An American, John W. Starr, received British patent 10,919 in 1845 under the name of his business associate King for two types of light bulbs, one with platinum but not in a vacuum. The other used ...

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 ...

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.

Everyone thinks it’s Thomas Edison, but it’s a bit more complicated than that – several inventors played a part in the creation of the light bulb.In fact, scientists including Alessandro Volta, ...

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.

Asmelash, Leah. "No, a Black Man Didn't Invent the Light Bulb. But Lewis Howard Latimer Made it Better." CNN. 4 September 2020. Bradner, Eric.

The standards banned bulbs that produced fewer than 45 lumens, a measure of light, per watt, a unit of power. Compact fluorescent bulbs were invented in 1976 .

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 ...

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 ...