Sujet

Edison's incandescent light globe in a table lamp fitting, 1891. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Edison's incandescent light globe in a table lamp fitting, 1891. The filament here is carbonised bamboo fibres. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American physicist and inventor, produced the first successful electric light bulb. His first practicable carbon filament lamp used carbonised bamboo fibre. From Electricity and Magnetism by Amedee Guillemin. (London, 1891).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1891

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM19B63_456

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,0Mo (2,5Mo) / 20,5cm x 36,7cm / 2418 x 4336 (300dpi)

Mots clés

lumière électrique éclairage lampe Victorian siècle ampoule ampoule filament B&W MONOCHROME incandescent 19e siècle noir et blanc noir et blanc Lampe De Tableau B W carbone dix-neuvie siècle Oxford Science Archive engraving Unknown Thomas Edison Edison Thomas Alva engraving engraving