It is primarily thanks to his incredible demonstration on a chilly New Year's Eve in 1879. Edison revealed a ... in New ...
He gave public demonstrations of this scientific breakthrough in late 1878 and early 1879 ... with Thomas Edison of the USA, who also had just made a successful electric light bulb.
By Will Morgan, Representing You  In 1879, a telegraph operator from Michigan changed the world by turning on a light. Moving consumers from wax candles to the electric light bulb, Thomas ...