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swissclive (63)in history • 7 years ago
1879 Newspaper lambasts Thomas Edison, inventor of the electric light bulb, and claims that electric lighting will never replace gas-lighting. The newspaper advises that shareholders in gas-lighting companies need have no fear of this new technology.
I recently had the good luck to buy some newspapers from 1879. There are some interesting stories that I plan to publish in the coming months. The first is about Thomas Edison's invention of the…
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1879 Newspaper lambasts Thomas Edison, inventor of the electric light bulb, and claims that electric lighting will never replace gas-lighting. The newspaper advises that shareholders in gas-lighting companies need have no fear of this new technology.