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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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.
Introduction
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.
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the incandescent bulb became widely used in household and commercial lighting
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led directly to the invention of the gasfilled incandescent lamp
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superseded by the incandescent light in the early 20th century
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