Lightbulbs

1. My topic is about how the invention of the lightbulb affected the industrial revolution. 2. **What I already know:** 3. **What I want to know(research questions): Who?** Did Edison invent the lightbulb and come up with the idea too? Did they put the lightbulbs in factories? Did they start factories that made lightbulbs and did that increase the number of jobs? Where could you purchase lightbulbs? The lightbulb may have been invented during this time period or it may have helped the work and the work they did? 4. **My research strategy:**
 * Who?** Workers and families during the industrial revolution.
 * What?** The lighbulb was invented and that may have impacted the machinery and work of this time.
 * Where?** Factories, workshops, and maybe some other places.
 * When?** I don't know, I need to find this out.
 * Why?** I think that the lightbulb could have greatly affected the industrial revolution.
 * How?** The lightbulb may have made the work easier and people maybe had to work longer hours, but not as hard.
 * What?** Were there different kinds of lightbulbs back then like there are today? Were they more expensive back then because they had just been introduced? Did many home have lightbulbs in them?
 * Where?** Where did they make the lightbulbs? Were they found in many places like schools, homes, or shops?
 * When?** When exactly were the lightbulbs invented? When did they become an everyday ordinary item and not a big special thing?
 * Why?** Why was the lightbulb invented? Why did it affect the revolution?
 * How?** How was it used?
 * How did this impact the industrial revolution, or how did the industrial revolution affect this?**
 * Who?** I will ask Ms. Horn and Ms. Brem for help in the library. I could also ask Mr. D.
 * What?** School computers or laptops, personal computers at home, library, books.
 * When?** In class or outside of class.
 * Where?** My home, CTMS library, or public library.
 * How?** I will look up my topic and find resources on it or more information.
 * Key words for searching:** "lightbulbs" "lightbulbs during industrial revolution" "effects of the lightbulb" "edison" "thomas" "lightbulbs and thomas edison"

** Lightbulbs During the Industrial Revolution **
Lightbulbs during the Industrial Revolution influenced work and businesses by and making it easier for businesses to function and sell items, along with being useful with in many inventions. The lightbulb was invented during this time period, and I think it impacted the world greatly. It also helped a lot with the development of America.

Not only were lightbulbs great for producing more light. There are many kinds of lightbulbs that are available for a wide range of purposes. There are bulbs for general services, and bulbs that have a longer life, but aren't as efficient as regular bulbs. The longer life bulbs can be easier if it's a hassle to change the bulb. (Nagel) Th is may have made it easier for companies when installing/removing lightbulbs from their buisnesses and less of a hassle to take the time to change the bulbs, hance helping speed up the work industry in factories and buisnesses. Although the performance of the lightbulb was improving, the cost for the electrical system he was deisigning was still too high. (Electric Lamp) I think that when the lightbulb was first invented that it may have cost a lot more money than it does now, just like an new invention we have now-a-days. They start out at a high price and slowly decrease to a lower price. This was one reason the lightbulb impacted the industrial revolution.

The light bulb also made a difference in the elcetronic world. A discovery that let us have the electronics such as televisions and radio that we have now, were thanks to something Edison did named the "Edison Effect." By 1879 Edison had invented electric lighting that made its way into home and workplaces across the nation. The invention of the lightbulb was one of a few "history-changing invention" that came from the Menlo Park laboratory." (Lomask) Edison was very important in technological history. One of his inventions had a significant impact on the lives of everyone, more than any other. (Beals) Not only did he invent the lightbulb but he also was a genius in many other aspects of science. " Further experiments were made, with altered forms and composition of the substance, each experiment demonstrating that the inventor was upon the right track." (Electric Lamp) I am very thankful that Edison invented the lightbulb so that we could have all the things, and use these things today.

The lightbulb was a magnificant change at that time in the world, and is still very important to this day. I t was even called a "Herculean achievement" by some of the harshest critics. At the time, he was the only person capable of making such a great achievement. (Beals) " Edison patented his idea more aggressively, promoted his product more effectively, and sketched out a practical system of power supply which could support its use on a large scale." (McGrath) As the news came from Edison, of an electric light capable of producing light without gas, executives of gaslight companies worried, and the stock prices of their companies fell. (McGrath) I think the fact that the lightbulb made a buisnesses economy worse, showed how great it was, because it was able to compete with other things in the world. I strongly believe  it was good that Edison worked so hard to have his product named his own. Without that great mind power, he most likely wouldn't be able to finish, or he would've needed help to finish. Edison was a very hard worker in many different ways.

I think the lightbulb was a great improvement to this world, and without it, we wouldn't be able to do many of the things we do today. People don't realize all the resources they have, until the day when they aren't there. Thes great inventions we have are thanks to marvelous scientists such as Edison, and the lightbulb is just one.

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