he created the first successful 'incandescent filament electric lamp' - the light bulb. He gave public demonstrations of this scientific breakthrough in late 1878 and early 1879, using ...

On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. Reporters came from all over the U.S. to see Edison's Menlo Park lab lit up with his incandescent bulbs.

It is primarily thanks to his incredible demonstration on a chilly New Year's Eve in 1879 ... up with the idea of electric lighting even though he gave us the first light bulb that could be ...