UT Southwestern Carnaval de Salud - Thomas Edison invented the first electric light bulb in 1879. It took him 1000 tries, and he was quoted saying, "I didn't fail 1000 times; the
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NY Power Authority on Twitter: "On this day in 1848, Lewis Latimer is born. Latimer invented a lightbulb with a carbon filament, improving on Edison's original paper filament. Learn more about his
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