THINK LIGHT

Those of us who spend the winters "up north" not only freeze and shovel snow--we also deal with long nights and reduced daylight hours. So we are especially grateful to Thomas Alva Edison for his invention of the incandescent light bulb, for which Edison was granted a patent on this day way back in 1880.

The incandescent light bulb and Edison's other inventions are documented in a Bullis book titled:

Inventors

written by Philip Gengembre Hubert,

published in New York by C. Scribner's sons, 1893.

Mr. Hubert states, "It is certain that a before Edison we had no electric lights; now we have them in every important building in the country, and ere long shall have them everywhere."

Unfortunately, Mr. Edison's incandescent light bulb has been phased out over the last few years, and as of the beginning of this year is no longer sold in this country. 

So on this anniversary of Edison's invention of the light bulb, we say a belated  "thank you" to Edison and a fond but sad farewell his invention that has made our northern winters tolerable.  (These "newfangled" bulbs simply aren't the same.)

As always, we welcome you to stop by the Bullis Room and take a look at Hubert's book to find out more about Edison and other inventors of his generation.  Your visit just may make your day a bit brighter.