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Incandescent light

Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light , Humphry Davy was the firstto make an incandescent light—using a platinum strip exposed to airand powered by the Royal Society’s voltaic two dozen scientists invented light bulbs before Edison,and improvements to the technology continued after in Edison created an economical, long-lasting filamentcarbonized bamboo fiber,and created an electric distribution systemto provide direct current for the lights.

Prior art

Alessandro Volta was the first person to noticethat electricity could heat a copper wire until it y Davy deliberately tried to make a light,using a strip of platinum for its high melting point,and leaving the metal exposed to air,but it wasn’t bright nor durable y Davy was also the first person to makean arc lamp, in , using carbon Bowman Lindsay demonstrated an incandescent light in ,but he wasn’t interested in developing or selling , Marcellin Jobard suggested that mines could be il