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Light Bulb Facts for Kids

1. A light bulb is a device used to create light (illumination).
2. A light bulb is also known as an incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or an incandescent light globe.
3. A light bulb uses electricity to heat a wire filament in an enclosed glass case to produce light.
4. The incandescent light bulb contains a base, glass enclosure and a filament.
5. Prior to incandescent light bulbs, lighting was created by candles, oil lamps and gas lighting.
6. Historians attribute up to 22 different inventors of the incandescent light bulb before Thomas Edison.
7. The first concept and demonstration of heating a wire to produce light was by Ebenezer Kinnersley in 1761.
8. The first practical commercial light bulbs were created by Thomas Edison in 1879.
9. The filament used in Thomas Edison's first practical commercial light bulb came from his observation of a bamboo fishing line while observing a total solar eclipse.
10. Incandescent light bulbs are very energy inefficient, less than 5% of the energy required by it is needed to produce the visible light.