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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He didn't stop there-edison went on to design an electric power distribution system that would make the use of light bulbs practical and profitable.

他没有停止。他设计出一种电力分配系统，可以让电灯泡实用并且盈利。

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Eleetricety was not discovered by Edison, but he invented the electric light.

电不是爱迪生发现的，但他发明了电灯。

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Both Edison and Swan invented the electric light bulb (or rather, a workable one) at about the same time, Swan beating Edison to a patent by a year.

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Edison tried 1, 600 materials before settling on carbonized cotton fiber as the filament for his electric light bulb.

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Similarly, Thomas Edison and his Muckers changed our world with the phonograph when he was just thirty years old, and the incandescent electric light-bulb at thirty-two.

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