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When: 1879
Where: Menlo Park, NJ
Who:Inventor Thomas Edison
What:
After applying to the Patent Office on this date for his carbon fiber filament, electric lightbulb. The next day he conducted his most successful test: a light that had burned continuously for over 13 hours. It was the first practical and commercial incandescent light bulb.
Why significant:
Gas and oil lighting were the most common forms of illumination until this time, Those forms posed obvious safety hazards and Edison's goal was to create a new form using his particularly favored current of electricity.
Tags:Alternate Current, Direct Current (AC DC), Westinghouse
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