[LINK] GE Announces Advancement in Incandescent Technology

[Jan Whitaker]

At 12:32 PM 28/02/2007, Ivan wrote:
>>>Americans believe that Edison invented the light bulb and
>>>that Ford invented the car.  What they mean is what we would
>>>call "popularised".
>>
>>Or systematised and industrialised. :-)
>
>That gong goes to the centre of the birth of the first industrial
>revolution, not America.
>
>It took more than 100 years for systemisation and industrialisation
>to reach America (the second industrial revolution), unless my
>history books are wrong.

I agree as to general development of the concept of 
industrialisation, but we were talking about the electrification 
roll-out. That's what he systematised and industrialised as several 
other linkers have pointed out. I didn't mean he developed the entire 
construct. Sorry if I wasn't clear. Henry Ford, on the other hand....

Jan


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