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Originally Posted by Zap
Well the incandescent bulb was around 1910 or so, so I think your a few years off.
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"In 1835, James Bowman Lindsay demonstrated a constant electric light at a public meeting in Dundee, Scotland. He stated that he could "read a book at a distance of one and a half feet". However, having perfected the device to his own satisfaction, he turned to the problem of wireless telegraphy and did not develop the electric light any further. His claims are not well documented, although he is credited in Challoner etal.[10] with being the inventor of the "Incandescent Light Bulb".
OHHH OK 175 years... That changes my post ENTIRELY!