Thomas Edison : The Opportunist



Thomas Edison is a fraud! He did not invent the light bulb. History shows that there were up to 20 different inventors working on bulbs before he came up with his version. So, basically what he did was just improve on the existing bulbs. Then, he came up with a plan on how to cheaply produce them and distribute them commercially. His great ideas and charisma helped him get investors on board. This is why he is credited with the invention of the light bulb.

The first electric light was invented in 1802 by Humphrey Davy. For the next seventy years, many versions of the bulb were created. Some versions were better than others. In 1874, two Canadians, Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans invented bulbs that were viable. They attempted to sell their bulb version commercially. They found little interest and were unsuccessful. They ended up selling their patent to Edison in 1879.

Edison began work on bulb research and development in 1878. He filed for his first patent for Improvement in Electric Lights that same year and for another improvement patent a year later. His charisma enabled him to convince investors to fund his work and to bring many minds together to work on the ideas.

Edison was a very smart guy. He figured out how to improve upon an existing idea. He was able to get others to invest in his vision. He worked on and developed an invention that had been worked on for close to a century. He came up with a new and improved light bulb. A cost-effective version that could be easily produced and commercially sold. Although he didn't invent the light bulb, his ideas are why we have them lighting our way today.



Original Edison Bulb




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Comments

  1. ToshniSeptember 15, 2020 at 5:38 PM

    very well explained and informal. I liked your thesis statement. Edison did not invent the light bulb, and he did had the upper hand! your MLA format references look great.

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    1. Test for EnglishSeptember 16, 2020 at 11:47 AM

      The references are cited in APA, not MLA. MLA has author, title, source, date, URL

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