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The light bulb GE buried in a time capsule in 1912 still works
- dalke 15y agoThe author of the linked-to essay is incorrect, which led to the mistitled HN title précis. The time.com author wrote "Unlike batteries, film, food and beverage, bulbs apparently don’t have a limited shelf life. Or if they do, it’s more than a century." The GE description is at http://www.gereports.com/ge-opens-edison-era-time-capsule/ http://www.gereports.com/ge-opens-edison-era-time-capsule/ . It states "Among the items uncovered were five light bulbs. Three of them appeared to be in working condition." Thus, bulbs do have a limited shelf life of under a century, and this HN title should be "a light bulb GE buried ...". I now return you to your regularly scheduled pedantry.