Thomas Edison: 10 Facts You Don't Know About The Man Who Invented The Lightbulb
He wasn't the first one to use the light bulb, others had tried before he did: Alexander Graham Bell, who accidentally burned a glass tube and had to spend several months in bed to recover his health, and Josiah Walcott who improved the bulb to obtain two quarters to buy a kerosene lantern, as well as being responsible for the introduction of electrical power to New York City. In 1879, Edison tried for a patent for a fluorescent light, but was defeated by several inventors, most notably George Westinghouse, in a heated court case in Pittsburgh in 1886. The two men came to blows and the judge was so impressed by their acrimony, he stepped in and annulled the patent awarded to Edison. Fact 1He was a Quaker The major reason he had a religious and moral education, was because his mother wanted him to have it and because he did not want to get in with a bunch of 'heathen' people (those that do not worship god) that did not care about him or his family. Fact 2The man had a very b...