Columbia Lighting the World; How Classification Can Make a Difference

摘要

I don't remember when I discovered that the first application of lightbulbs occurred at sea rather than ashore. But when I dug a little deeper into the subject recently, I came across an interesting set of coincidences that shows how innovation often relies on simply doing, rather than endlessly talking about it. After Thomas Edison managed to make sufficient improve-ments to the lightbulb concept to have it show commercial viability in late 1879, he ended up in a chicken and egg conundrum.