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Inventions and Innovations
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- By 1880 Thomas Edison had used electricity to make indoor lighting--he had invented the incandescent light. What was your reaction when you heard about this invention? Did you think it was really possible to create light from a few wires and a glass bulb?
- Edison set up city lighting systems and power stations throughout the country. What effect did this have on you or your family? Did you work at any of these stations? Did you get light in your home or ride electric streetcars?
- Did you think that electric lighting was safer than gas lighting or candles? Why or why not? Did your opinion change as time went on?
- When did you first have electric light in your home? At the time, did you think it was a necessity or a luxury? How would your life have been different without it?
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