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MasterMysticism t1_ja88a4f wrote

I fear that you make a lot of physicists angry my friend

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TheAntiCrust66 t1_ja8dyu0 wrote

Contrary to popular belief, the light bulb wasn’t actually Edison’s invention. Light bulbs had already been invented before he was even born; what he did was buy the patent and improve the design so that light bulbs could be brought to the masses. The incandescent light bulb would be revolutionary, but only if Edison could solve one giant problem — bringing electricity to the homes of America. No matter how revolutionary his design improvements to the light bulbs were, no one can use a light bulb if there is no way to plug it in.

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syko-san t1_ja8fe9f wrote

Obligatory "Um, actually 🤓"

Edison didn't invent the light bulb, he just made it practical. Additionally, there's no actual fire inside light bulbs. Fire is a chemical reaction that consumes oxygen + fuel and turns it into carbondioxide + some waste product like ash or charcoal. The reason light bulbs last longer than oil lanterns is because no fuel is being burnt.

To put it very simply. When certain things get heated up enough or have electricity put through them, they glow. A light bulb is literally just a substance like that inside a vacuum chamber with electricity running through it sometimes. The whole point of the vacuum is to prevent fire while also keeping the heat from spreading to other parts of the light bulb. Additionally, air inside the light bulb would expand when heated, causing it to explode, so the vacuum is also to prevent the glass from exploding due to pressure.

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AKLmfreak t1_ja8ivmz wrote

More like “enslaved incandescence.”
Ain’t no fire happening in there.

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Tronicalli t1_ja8kjj5 wrote

enslaved fire: lightbulb

enslaved moisture: water bottle

enslaved air: empty can

enslaved dirt: plant pot

get them all and who are you? >!the avatar.!<

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D0ctorGamer t1_ja8lvdh wrote

Replying to LaRata59 (#2,061,255)

Edison didn't invent the bulb, he took pre-existing designs and improved them.

The first light bulb was invented by Humphrey Davey in 1806, while Edisons invention of the carbon filament bulb came out in 1879

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Chilly_C00p t1_ja94qu6 wrote

he is the old elon musk. Buys a bunch of brilliant ideas and doesn't credit the original creators

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SpecificRatio9973 t1_ja9hop2 wrote

Wouldn’t a candle be enslaved fire? Also wouldn’t it also make more sense to say that a lightbulb is enslaved light/brightness?

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RadioSilence014 t1_ja9kgjp wrote

Edison is like Disney, they let ofther people create things and then say they made it.

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No-Pomegranate-69 t1_jabysgo wrote

You see the face looking to the right

I see it looking straight at me

We are not the same

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