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The Lamps And Edison

If we talks about lamps inventions we must think about Thomas Alfa Edison. It is not wrong but Edison inventions is electric lamps, the “plain” lamp was invented around 70,000 BC. Before electric lamp was invented, the people used Oil such as olive oil, fish oil, whale oil, beeswax, sesame oil, and nut oil for lighting. That lamp is not safe for table lamps and desk lamps because those lamps can causes fire easily.
The first electric carbon arc lamp was invented by Sir Humphrey Davy but this product is not available for public. After that, Thomas Alfa Edison invented the incandescent lamps. His lamps became the first commercially successful incandescent lamp.

Thomas Alfa Edison was born 11 February in Milan, Ohio. He went to work selling newspapers on a train between Port Huron and Detroit at age 12 . In 1868, Edison received patent for his electric vote recorder but this product failed to sell. He not give up and his next invention ( a “quadruplex” telegraph and a new stock ticker ) sold well. This is the start of his invention factory, from this point Edition invented many products such the phonograph and incandescent lamp which changed the human history.