Light+Bulb

=Invention = //List facts here that **describe your invention**, tell **what it does**, what **problem it solves** and include any **other important details** //
 * **//A lightbulb is a glass globe with a filament inside- 71//**
 * **//When the globe gets power of electricity, filament glows- 71//**
 * //**It has a filament of burned cotton- 71**//
 * //**The filament doesn't catch fire because the bulb has an inert gas in it- 71**//
 * //**Glowed for 40 hours- 71**//
 * //**Filament glowed in a bulb that had all the air pumped out of it- 71**//

=Inventor = //List facts here about your **inventor** //
 * **//When 6 started a fire- 54//**
 * **//Expelled from school- 71//**
 * **//Born in Milan, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1847- WB- 6//**
 * **//In 1879 Edison made a bulb that worked for 40 hours- 71//**
 * **//In 1878 Edison began doing research on electric lighting- WB- 6//**
 * **//When he was 12, he sold newspapers, candy and sandwiches on passenger trains- WB-6//**
 * **//He looked for many different solutions when trying to solve problems- WB- 6//**
 * **//Not the first person to invent the lightbulb, but he made the best- 71//**
 * **//Scarlet fever left him hard of hearing//**

Place in History
//List facts here about **what was happening in society** that relates to this invention // >
 * //Gave people more light//
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