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Lights out for a dim bulb issue

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East Bay Times

Edison and his dim bulb

IF ONLY THOMAS EDISON had invented a different light bulb instead of his incandescent bulb. One of the greatest inventions in the past 130 years sends an electrical current through a filament, which ...
The Lantern

Dim future in store for Edison's lightbulb

In our shared human existence, few things unfailingly provide us all equal comfort. Indeed, the lingering smell of freshly baked bread, a hand-written postcard intended specifically for us (no matter ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Dim bulbs

It is common these days for political debates in Washington to shed more heat than light, metaphorically, because they are rooted in rigid ideology rather than facts. Now House Republicans literally ...
POWER Magazine

Don’t Let the Dim Bulbs Prevail in the Lighting Market

In journalism, we call it “burying the lead.” That’s what the New York Times did in a Sept. 25 story headlined “Build a Better Bulb for a $10 Million Prize.” The story said that the U.S. Department of ...
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How Edison's light bulb electrified the world and changed nights forever

Thomas Alva Edison, the man behind the electric bulb has been a well-known inventor for more than a century now. It is primarily thanks to his incredible demonstration on a chilly New Year's Eve in ...
Seattle Times

‘The Age of Edison’: The light bulb creates a new era

Imagine a world without electric light — a world of candles, lanterns and flickering, smoky gaslights. Suddenly comes the bright, steady glare of a light never before seen. People welcomed it. If ...
realty.economictimes.indiatimes

Edison bulbs: One of the most versatile lighting types

NEW DELHI: People's love for vintage materials drastically entered the world of lighting when Edison bulbs came back into use. These days one can get the best of both the worlds, the appearance of an ...
seattlepi.com

Dim bulbs run the U.S. House of Representatives

The latest farce in Congress' "peoples' house" ended late Thursday as U.S. House Speaker John Boehner reached an (orange) face-saving deal that extends the payroll tax cut for 60 days into 2012 while ...
Townhall

Dim Bulbs in Government and Hollywood

Anyway, on with the news. Not The Brightest Idea. If the Obama Administration has proven anything it’s that government, no matter how much it spends, can’t create jobs. But if there’s one thing the ...
Chicago Tribune

The best Edison light bulb

With an industrial look and durable design, the modern Edison light bulb is a popular choice when it comes to lighting spaces in the home, whether adorning a bathroom vanity, illuminating a kitchen or ...