Incandescent light bulb - Albon Man started Electro-Dynamic Light Company

Time: Saturday Jul 8, 1978

Place: New York, U.S.

Details: Albon Man, a New York lawyer, started Electro-Dynamic Light Company in 1878 to exploit his patents and those of William Sawyer.

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