History+of+electricity

History of electricity

The guy with the glasses and the kite invented the light bulb. His name was Benjamin Franklin!

Actually, Edison did not invent the first electric light bulb, but instead invented the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb.

Edison originally created electricity because of a bet he made (being quite cocky, actually). He bet that he could invent a light bulb that would be used to celebrate the upcoming New Year's. His workers were rushed near the end and were heavily frustrated. Quite a few workers even quit because of the rushed deadlines. They managed to pull it off, however, his company thought it to be a miracle that it had worked. 

Electricity in lighting is actually different than most people think. You probably think that lightning strikes form the sky to land but no. Lightning strikes from land to sky. The reason why is positive pulse goes to negative pulse. The negative pulse is in the clouds and positive is on the ground. The energy is created by positive and negative pulses. (Nathan Burlis and Daniel Kim) :)

Below is Thomas Edison: