He had his latest light bulbs strung on wires mounted on poles between the buildings at Menlo Park. On New Year’s Eve 1879, he invited newspaper reporters, his investors and the general public ...

This is a video recording of Francis Jehl discussing his experience working with Thomas Edison in 1879 and helping to make ...

he created the first successful 'incandescent filament electric lamp' - the light bulb. He gave public demonstrations of this scientific breakthrough in late 1878 and early 1879, using ...