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All Lighting Pioneers

Gathers the historical-figure entities profiled for their work developing artificial lighting technology, from early gas lighting to the incandescent, fluorescent and light-emitting diode innovations that followed, such as Thomas Edison's work on the practical incandescent bulb. Each entry covers a specific inventor or engineer rather than a lighting technology or a company, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas.

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1. Incandescent light bulb - Wikipedia
WikipediaCarbon filament and vacuum, Edison 1879 test
Quote, Carbon filament and vacuum, Edison 1879 test
The first successful test was on 22 October 1879, and lasted 13.5 hours.
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