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    What company supplied the glass for Thomas Edisons first lightbulb?

    Question #16514. Asked by baylormom. (Feb 09 02 11:06 AM)


    Calpurnia

    		I don't know what company was involved but Edison hired a glass-blower called Ludwig Boehm to help with the making of his first light bulbs.

    See: http://americanhistory.si.edu/lighting/comp19.htm

    Feb 09 02, 12:40 PM
    Barrow boy

    		I think Calpurnia is on her usual right track. Back in Edison's day the distribution industry was not even off the launch pad. All services and materials would have been made by local companies, and the precise identity of the glass provider is likely to be lost in the mists of time. Who made the fabric for the Wright Brothers plane? I don't know, but I would bet they were based in North Carolina!

    Feb 09 02, 2:17 PM

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