The Real History......

[FarmerChick]

Who invented the light bulb?

Sure wasn't Thomas Edison, as he is the most common person to come to mind when asked this question by many.




Edison Invented the Lightbulb---false
In fact, Thomas Edison not only did not invent the lightbulb, he did not invent many of the things attributed to him. His shrewd business skills enabled him to steal, improve, and patent many ideas before their original inventors were able to. He was, in addition, a ruthless man who attempted to discredit other inventors in order to gain popularity for his own. Prior to Edison’s patent for the electric lightbulb in 1880, electric lights had already been invented. In 1840, British Astronomer and Chemist, Warren de la Rue, enclosed a platinum coil in a vacuum tube and passed an electric current through it, thus creating the world’s first light bulb – a full 40 years before Edison.


Here are some sources you can actually access, read and research. (novel idea, huh, to post the sources)

Invention of the Light Bulb: Davy, Swan and Edison - EnchantedLearning.com

Who invented the light bulb

 

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[spartacus53]

So true farmerchick... Just like Robert Fulton didn't invent the steamboat either, he only should get credit for running the first successful steamboat operation. There was a great book published in the 70's called the Dictionary of Misinformation..

One great example given is What is Big Ben, in London?

 

[FarmerChick]

misinformation? no, there can't be such a thing.


now my basic knowledge I heard is Big Ben is the clock tower in London. Is it really something different?
now ya got me wondering and I am not off running to google to check lol

 

[spartacus53]

Big Ben is actually the bell inside the clock, not the clock itself.

 

[ticm]

Big Ben is actually the bell inside the clock, not the clock itself.

And the clock itself is not really in London.

 

[spartacus53]

There is a clock in London, but it's not Big Ben... Big Ben is only the bell

As farmer chick mentioned, there are several instances where the wrong credit is given, due in part to ones success at the particular invention.

 

[FarmerChick]

AH HA see the misinformation running around this world. SOMEONE must set us all straight HAHA


very cool info. Something I now know better than I thought before.

 

[spartacus53]

If you can find the book, you'll enjoy it It's chock full of interesting trivia.

 

[FarmerChick]

wait, there is a real book? not some 'find the internet book' if you can challenge?


lol

Dictionary of Misinformation. there are a few I can recommend this to right now

 

[spartacus53]

It is a great little read

Dictionary of Misinformation: Tom Burnam: 9780062720504: Amazon.com: Books

Another interesting read is Cracks in the Constitution by Ferdinand Lundberg...

 

[FarmerChick]

cool. read books and real reading. gee that is a new concept. thanks

 

[iCandy]

While we're talking about truths here....did you guys know Hitler only had 1 testicle

 

[spartacus53]

Nope and couldn't care less. I always thought it was his ill fitting pants

 

[Frankn]

Hitler had many problems, probably because of the inbreeding in his family history that he tried to cover up.

Edison was a great inventor. He worked many hours to prefect a practical light bulb. He started with a carbon coated hair and tried many solutions. I think the final was carbon coated tungsten wire. He didn't steal the other guys idea.
Frank

 

[stefen]

While we're talking about truths here....did you guys know Hitler only had 1 testicle

Chinas' Ho Chi Minh, had a similar condition as outlined in his biography entitled Yuan Hung Lo...

 

[stefen]

While we're talking about truths here....did you guys know Hitler only had 1 testicle

China's Ho Chi Minh, had a similar problem as described in his autobiography, entitled: Yuan Hung Lo

 

[austin]

Believe you have the wrong country there for Unce Ho.

 

[packerbacker]

I knew Hitler had to be half nuts to do some of the things he did.

 

[FarmerChick]

balls to the walls.

oh wait, ball (no S) to the wall

 

[iCandy]

Chinas' Ho Chi Minh, had a similar condition as outlined in his biography entitled Yuan Hung Lo...

ROFLMAO!!!