Simply the Light Bulb

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Can you imagine a time so far back that there were no light bulbs? Today it seems unimaginable but yes, there was such a time. It took the genius of Thomas Edison to come up with this idea. Until this time existed electric arc lightning. What this meant was that lights were connected in a series circuit and if one failed all of them failed. Edison told everyone that he would create a safe and inexpensive electric light to replace the gaslight. Edison was ready to give his first demonstration on December 31, 1879, at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. The incandescent light has a thread-like object which gave off light when it became heated by an electric current. Edison was able to invent his due to such financiers like J.P. Morgan and the Vanderbilts, who were all millionaires in those days. They helped to establish The Edison Light Company. To be able to invent the light bulb Edison was assisted by a graduate of Princeton University, Francis Upton. They were able to come up with a bulb that had a carbon filament because it gave off a good light and was cheaper than a platinum filament would have been. This established Edison as one of the world’s greatest inventors. Nowadays we don’t give this any thought because we have plenty of electricity and light. However, at those times when you find candlelight soothing or romantic enjoy it but think how you would suddenly feel if you choose to put on the light and there was no light. Do you agree that these days we simply take electricity for granted, that it will always be there?