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What is Thomas Edison often mistakenly credited for inventing?

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The incandescent electric light bulb. Edison did not invent the very first bulb — several inventors (e.g., Humphry Davy, Warren de la Rue, Joseph Swan) had earlier versions — but Edison developed the first practical, long‑lasting, commercially viable incandescent lamp and the electrical distribution system (1879–1880) to make electric lighting widely usable.