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Einstein's Alcove
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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 185837" data-attributes="member: 176256"><p>No, <span style="font-size: 18px">NO</span>, <span style="font-size: 26px">NO</span></p><p></p><p>Edison did not, Not, <strong><u>NOT </u></strong>invent the lightbulb. Sir Joseph Swan invented the lightbulb. What Edison did was to patent a part of the electric light bulb that was thought to be common knowledge and therefore not in need of patenting.</p><p></p><p>Swan has been the subject of airbrushing out of history by Americans, who have to think they invented evrything worh inventing.</p><p></p><p>Edison was an inventor, yes, but first and foremost he was a <u>businessman</u></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 185837, member: 176256"] No, [SIZE="5"]NO[/SIZE], [SIZE="8"]NO[/SIZE] Edison did not, Not, [B][U]NOT [/U][/B]invent the lightbulb. Sir Joseph Swan invented the lightbulb. What Edison did was to patent a part of the electric light bulb that was thought to be common knowledge and therefore not in need of patenting. Swan has been the subject of airbrushing out of history by Americans, who have to think they invented evrything worh inventing. Edison was an inventor, yes, but first and foremost he was a [U]businessman[/U] [/QUOTE]
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