The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power.

托马斯·爱迪生1879年发明的白炽灯导致对便宜、易得、可生产大量电能的燃料的需求。

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There are 15 large bulb tubular turbine-generator units with a unit capacity of 42MW in inner and outer river plants of Changzhou Hydraulic Complex.

长洲水利枢纽工程外江、内江厂房共装设15台大型灯泡贯流式水轮发电机组，单机容量42 MW。

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On the bench a large light bulb was glowing faintly.

在工作台上，一个大灯泡发出微弱的亮光。

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When in 1883 Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, arrayed for a fancy-dress ball as Electric Light, topped off her satin and diamonds with a large incandescent bulb, it subtracted nothing from the elegance of the scheme.

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The large screen TV was indeed a welcome addition to our living room, but each projection bulb only lasted about a year.

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