A patent for his electric lamp invention was given to Thomas Edison.
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Scotsman John Logie Baird demonstrated the color television transmission in London for the first time.
Thomas Edison completed his first model of a phonograph.
The first movie projector, correctly named the kinetoscope, was patented by Thomas Edison.
Neon lighting was first demonstrated at the Paris Motor Show by Georges Claude.
Thomas Edison's first overhead electric lighting system began service in Roselle, New Jersey.
