Light bulb Timeline

Francis Huksbee used static energy to produce glow in vacuumed glass globe

New Humphry Davy invented an electric lamp

Warren de la Rue enclosed a coiled platinum filament in a vacuum tube and passed an electric current through it

Joseph Wilson Swan created a light bulb by enclosing carbonized paper filaments in an evacuated glass bulb

Thomas Edison added a thin filament with high electrical resistance to make light bulbs last 150 hours

Edison used carbonized bamboo filament to make light bulbs last 600 hours

Tungston filament could be mass produced, which made light bulbs last way longer

Nick Holoynak made a red LED with semiconductors

Ed Hammer made CFLs with mercury vapor, argon, and a flurescent coating called phosphor

Phillips and Stack lighting companies are making lights that can be controlled via apps.

Swan patented incandescent light bulb

Thomas Edison tried to patent his light bulb innovation

Swan tried to sue Edison for patent infringement. British government ruled against Edison