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BUZZING· 78%57m·2021-08-16·History95: "Several Thousand Things that Won't Work:" Thomas Alva Edison and His Electric Light
History That Doesn't Suck
“I have got so much to do and life is so short, I am going to hustle.” This is the story of trial and error, of determination, and science merging with business. Electric lights have been around since the early 1800s. Unfortunately, they’ve also been impractical. The energy it takes to operate an arc light makes it…
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