Everyone knew a better light bulb would be a winner ... and heating associated with turning on a cold filament. The other big problem with incandescent lights is that they are relatively ...

Incandescent lights produce light by generating ... When you flip the switch and the electrical current reaches the bulb, the filament acts like a big brake, slowing (aka resisting) the current.

There are still practitioners of course, like [2SC1815] who is learning how to make homemade incandescent ... filament is crimped to the Dumet leads and pinched into a stem of glass tubing. A ...

Born in Sunderland, he studied chemistry and moved to Tyneside where, after many years of persistent effort, he created the first successful 'incandescent filament electric lamp' - the light bulb.