Matt Huang

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Matt Huang @matthuang

“A subdivision of the electric light is an absolute ignis fatuus.” —William Preece, Welsh electrical engineer and inventor, 1879 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2023

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The electric lightbulb was an inferior technology (to gas), led to a crazy bubble, and was never heard from again. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2023

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"After the recent experiment … find that electricity costs two and a quarter pence an hour per lamp more than the best gas, giving equal light. The report declares the defects connected with the electric lighting must prevent its general adoption.” —The Detroit Free Press, 1879 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2023