The Lamp Is Lit
19th October 1879: The birth of the incandescent lamp; a scene in Edison's Menlo Park laboratory, New Jersey, USA. Francis Jahl is replenshing the supply of mercury in the reservoir of the Sprangel lamp. Charles Upton is behind Edison and Charles Batchelor is looking over their shoulders. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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