A summary:

• Various electric lighting inventions occurred between 1761 until Edison’s commercially successful lightbulb in 1879.

• A bunch of people had different inventions during that time, maybe around 22 inventors. Timeline here

• Left off that timeline is William E Sawyer, the black inventor Joe Biden might be referring to (he is mentioned on the wiki page under “Commercialization”).

• William Sawyer and his company partner, Albon Man (who was an attorney) patented an incandescent light design in 1877, one year before Edison’s first light patent and two years before Edison’s commercially successful patent. However, Edison’s design lasted much longer than Sawyer & Man’s design.

• Edison’s lightbulbs were used commercially 6 months before the Sawyer-Man bulbs, thus further popularizing the notion that Edison invented the lightbulb. And in a way Edison did: he invented the first commercially viable light.

• this page contains a picture of William Sawyer, and this page lists some of his notable inventions.

• At the end of the day, Americans made ground-breaking contributions to lighting the world.

A summary:

• Various electric lighting inventions occurred between 1761 until Edison’s commercially successful lightbulb in 1879.

• A bunch of people had different inventions during that time, maybe around 22 inventors. Timeline here

• Left off that timeline is William E Sawyer, the black inventor Joe Biden is referring to (he is mentioned on the wiki page under “Commercialization”).

• William Sawyer and his company partner, Albon Man (who was an attorney) patented an incandescent light design in 1877, one year before Edison’s first light patent and two years before Edison’s commercially successful patent. However, Edison’s design lasted much longer than Sawyer & Man’s design.

• Edison’s lightbulbs were used commercially 6 months before the Sawyer-Man bulbs, thus further popularizing the notion that Edison invented the lightbulb. And in a way Edison did: he invented the first commercially viable light.

• this page contains a picture of William Sawyer, and this page lists some of his notable inventions.

• At the end of the day, Americans made ground-breaking contributions to lighting the world.

A summary:

• Various electric lighting inventions occurred between 1761 until Edison’s commercially successful lightbulb in 1879.

• A bunch of people had different inventions during that time, maybe around 22 inventors. Timeline here

• Left off that timeline is William E Sawyer, the the black inventor Joe Biden is referring to (he is mentioned on the wiki page under “Commercialization”).

• William Sawyer and his company partner, Albon Man (who was an attorney) patented an incandescent light design in 1877, one year before Edison’s first light patent and two years before Edison’s commercially successful patent. However, Edison’s design lasted much longer than Sawyer & Man’s design.

• Edison’s lightbulbs were used commercially 6 months before the Sawyer-Man bulbs, thus further popularizing the notion that Edison invented the lightbulb. And in a way Edison did: he invented the first commercially viable light.

• this page contains a picture of William Sawyer, and this page lists some of his notable inventions.

• At the end of the day, Americans made ground-breaking contributions to lighting the world