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==Invention of the Light Bulb==
==Invention of the Light Bulb==
In January of 1880 Edison acquired the patent for the light bulb.  He envisioned a company that would would literally enlighten the world and replace the kerosene lamps in the average home.  Therefore, Edison founded the Edison Illuminating Company which later became General Electric. 
He developed a fierce rivalry with Nikola Tesla, another visionary inventor, who had developed the method of electricity through alternating current as opposed to Edison's direct current.  The two waged a publicity war over which form of electricity was more effective.


==Direct Current vs. Alternating Current==
==Direct Current vs. Alternating Current==

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Thomas Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an inventor and businessman. He is most well known for the invention of the long-lasting practical light bulb. He holds 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as other patents abroad. He had only 3 months of official schooling and was self-educated for the rest of his childhood. He began his career as an inventor in Newark, New Jersey where he gained fame from his invention of the phonograph. His work was so widely accepted that the president of the National Academy of Sciences acclaimed his as "the most ingenious inventor in this country... or in any other".

Invention of the Light Bulb

In January of 1880 Edison acquired the patent for the light bulb. He envisioned a company that would would literally enlighten the world and replace the kerosene lamps in the average home. Therefore, Edison founded the Edison Illuminating Company which later became General Electric. He developed a fierce rivalry with Nikola Tesla, another visionary inventor, who had developed the method of electricity through alternating current as opposed to Edison's direct current. The two waged a publicity war over which form of electricity was more effective.

Direct Current vs. Alternating Current

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