How Did The Light Bulb Affect Society

On October 22, 1879, the lives of everyone around the world would be forever changed. Before the invention of the light bulb, people everywhere would have to resort to using candles or lanterns. Thomas Edison was not the first to invent the electric lightbulb but was, in fact, the first person to invent the first practical incandescent light. Several other people before Edison attempted a shot at making this invention but shortly after failed. Such other inventions had faults such as (extremely) short life, high expense, and high electric current drawn. Many people attempted but none like Edison, he attempted making the light bulb a whopping 1000 times! Crazy, right? He tried several different methods and several different ways of how to get
The light bulb is only one of his many inventions, Edison alone held a great amount of US patents, 1,093, to be exact. The invention of the light bulb has evolved into much greater things and has helped us in several different ways. Take a look at flashlights, they may seem insignificant, but they have such a huge impact, without them, there would be an increase in the amounts of deaths in the tragic 9/11 event, without flashlights, we would not have been able to get under the loads of debris to find trapped victims and first responders. Also, look at headlight in our cars, without them, we would not be capable of driving at night, or at least it would not be safe. Even houses! I think that is one of the main reasons Edison invented the lightbulb was so people would not have to depend a very minimal amount of light to guide them through their house at night. Such a small thing has given us so much and we take it for granted. It is very little known that after Edison's invention, people still used gas lights or candles to light up their homes for about another 50 years afterward. By 1925, only half of America used electric light! It blows my mind how something that we use practically every day, was not necessary to have even almost 50 years after the invention. Thomas Edison and whomever the other scientists and inventors are that came up with this invention had a real winner. There are rumors said that Edison did not create the invention and that he hired Nikola Tesla. The reasoning of why this is found hard to believe is because it states that Edison hired Tesla to redesign his electrical generators. After Tesla did so, he charged Edison 50,000 dollars in which Edison told him he must not understand American humor and paid Tesla in middle fingers. If you put your mind to something, even if it is a confused,