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Edisons bulb was actually novel, it was novel because it was a high resistance bulb (others were low resistance, so they consumed huge amounts of power), and it
by Aloha 10y ago
Edisons bulb was actually novel, it was novel because it was a high resistance bulb (others were low resistance, so they consumed huge amounts of power), and it had a long life, hundreds of hours instead of tens of hours.
- Steko 10y agoSpace Data's invention looks more novel to me from what was done with balloons in the 50's than Edison's light bulb from Swan's and others, YMMV.