Edison filed his first patent Application for "Improvement In Electric Lights"
Time: Monday Oct 14, 1878
Place: New Jersey, U.S.
Details: Thomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp in 1878. Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric Lights" on 14 October 1878.
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