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Originally Posted by Great68
"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!
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first Invented vs common use, are 2 separate things, investigate further and you will see that the Incandescent light bulb that is most commonly used, still today, (lasted more than a few secs or 1.5 hours) to light "every ones household with electricity" was invented 1910.