Livermore's Centennial Light: World's Longest Burning Lightbulb.
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This lightbulb is 105 years old and has been burning continuously since 1901! From the website:
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I am very proud of this bulb since my great great grandfather prof. Adolphe A. Chaillet invented the bulb.
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Its "Byron the Bulb" (obscure "Gravity's Rainbow" reference)!
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It's also only a 4-watt bulb.... The filament is probably way thicker than that, so the bulb has been running at a fraction of its capacity.
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It means that Shelby Electric Company happened to produce a perfect lightbulb -- an achievement that probably won't be repeated in our lifetime.
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does this mean we could all be enjoying eternal lightbulbs (if they wuz made the ol' fashioned way) but some jackass would rather make a dime (and make waste) selling us mortal ones ?
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