An incandescent light bulb, also known as an incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe, is an electric light that produces illumination by Joule heating a filament until it glows. Thomas Edison's carbon-filament lamp underwent a successful test on 22 October 1879. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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YearSourced to the subject's own accountQuote refers to Thomas Edison's carbon-filament lamp per the source's surrounding text; earlier incandescent lamps by other inventors, including Joseph Swan, are also described in the source. Connections
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Glass, Materials The incandescent light bulb encloses its filament in a glass envelope.
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His carbon-filament lamp achieved a successful long-duration test on October 22, 1879.
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An incandescent light bulb, also known as an incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe, is an electric light that produces illumination by Joule heating a filament until it glows.
History section (Edison's test)
The first successful test was on 22 October 1879.
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