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noun • United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931) | ||||||||
| 39% | 4 | Incandescent lamp | ||||||
noun • a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure • electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity • a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end) • anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop • lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata) • a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ | ||||||||
| 39% | 8 | Irving who invented the gas-filled incandescent lamp | ||||||
noun • United States chemist who studied surface chemistry and developed the gas-filled tungsten lamp and worked on high temperature electrical discharges (1881-1957) | ||||||||
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