Object Details
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Description
- Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention, the first practical electric incandescent lamp, which took place at his Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory on New Year's Eve, 1879.
- As the quintessential American inventor-hero, Edison personified the ideal of the hardworking self-made man. He received a record 1,093 patents and became a skilled entrepreneur. Though occasionally unsuccessful, Edison and his team developed many practical devices in his "invention factory," and fostered faith in technological progress.
- Credit Line
- from General Electric Co.
- 1879
- used date
- 1879-12-31
- ID Number
- EM.181797
- catalog number
- 181797
- accession number
- 33407
- Object Name
- light bulb
- incandescent lamp
- Physical Description
- carbon (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- platinum (overall material)
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 6.985 cm
- Place Made
- United States: New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park
- used
- United States: New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park
- United States: New Jersey
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History online exhibition
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/treasures
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_704361
- GUID (Original Record Link)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-3705-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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