A species of bamboo from Kyoto Prefecture in Japan played an important role in the commercialization of the first incandescent light bulbi, developed by the American inventor Thomas Edison (1847–1931) ...

"His Only Rival. GE Edison Mazda Lamp." In 1904, General Electric began advertising a new carbon-filament lamp (the GEM lamp) as more energy efficient than older designs. Five short years later, GE ...