Thomas Edison’s original patents surrounding the light bulb and an archive of 37 original British Patent Letters related to the incandescent lamp have been sold at auction for US$75,000.

Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, the first practical electric incandescent lamp. The light bulb creates light ...

Edison light bulbs get their name from Thomas Edison, the man credited as the original inventor of the incandescent light bulb. However, Edison light bulbs are vastly different from Thomas Edison ...

Inspired by Thomas Edison’s commercial success of the patented light bulb in the late 19th century ... and others crafted in the late 1800s. The original was an incandescent light source ...