By Deb Oestreicher on December 27, 2005. Format: Paperback. I heard the title The Man with the Golden Arm long before I ever read the book or saw the movie. It's a beautiful, evocative title, but it also makes you think of something grotesque: a man with a shiny prosthetic.
Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb in 1879, patenting it the following year. Before getting the right design for a long-burning, pleasant light for indoor use, he experimented with more than 1,600 different bulbs.
Humphrey Davy created the electric arc in 1800 (no bulb). Joseph Wilson Swan created the carbon filament which produced light in 1878.Charles Francis Brush used Carbon Arc lighting to illuminate a public square in 1877.In 1879 Thomas Alva Edison put it all together in an oxygen free bulb that was almost perfect.oseph Wilson Swan created the carbon filament which produced light in 1878. Charles Francis Brush used Carbon Arc lighting to illuminate a public square in 1877.