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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 his reaction when he heard about this invention? Did he 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 him or his family? Did he work at any of these stations? Did he get light in his home or ride electric streetcars?
- Did he think that electric lighting was safer than gas lighting or candles? Why or why not? Did his opinion change as time went on?
- When did he first have electric light in his home? At the time, did he think it was a necessity or a luxury? How would his life have been different without it?
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