This day in history, on January 27th, 1880, Patent #223,898 was granted to Thomas A. Edison, for “an electric lamp for giving light by incandescence.” Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
