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The Electric Light (Milestones in American History): Thomas Edison's Illuminating Invention
Author(s): Liz Sonneborn (Author)
- Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
- Publication Date: 1 May 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 120 pages
- ISBN-10: 0791093506
- ISBN-13: 9780791093504
Book Description
In 1879, Thomas Alva Edison invented the first practical incandescent electric light in his Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory, ushering in an era driven by electricity. “”The Electric Light”” is an enlightening look at this monumental achievement, examining how the lightbulb was partly responsible for transforming the country’s agrarian economy into the modern industrial economy it is today.
