Thomas Alva Edison, 1922
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor, scientist, and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed “The Wizard of Menlo Park” (now Edison, New Jersey) by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large teamwork to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.
Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. He is credited with numerous inventions that contributed to mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications. These included a stock ticker, a mechanical vote recorder, a battery for an electric car, electrical power, recorded music and motion pictures. His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of his early career as a telegraph operator. Edison originated the concept and implementation of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories – a crucial development in the modern industrialized world. Edison was one of the co-founders of General Electric in 1892. His first power station was on Manhattan Island, New York.
A predecessor to the motion picture film camera, the Kinetoscope used similar technology to play back a motion picture that had been captured with the Kinetograph.
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Edison and his light bulb
All lights have advantages – none should be banned, including the ordinary Edison bulb.
Even if there were energy savings with regulations on light bulbs:
Citizens pay for the electricity they use,
there is no energy shortage justifying usage limitation on citizens,
and if there was a shortage of finite coal/oil/gas, their price rise
limits their use anyway – without legislation.
Emissions? Light bulbs don’t give out CO2 gas -power plants might.
If there is an energy supply/emissions problem – deal with the problem!
Ceolas.Net has extensive research on why the regulation arguments are wrong,
including that the supposed energy savings are not there anyway,
http://ceolas.net/#li171x
with US Dept of Energy references
Under 1% overall energy savings from efficiency regulations on incandescent lights.