Heinrich Göbel, or Henry Goebel was a German-born American precision mechanic and inventor. In 1848 he immigrated to New York City, where he resided until his death. He received American citizenship in 1865.
First published photo of Heinrich Göbel, on January 1893
This house was believed to be Göbel's birthplace. He lived in this house in the 1840s, but it is not his birthplace. At the front side of this house an incandescent light bulb is burning day and night.
Goebel-Lamp No. 5. This lamp was at exhibition in Goebel's shop April 29, 1882
Goebel-Shop in New York, Grand Street 468. Probably this photo was taken in the year 1893 to support the Goebel-Story. The telescop which Göbel used in the 1850s on a horse wagon was much larger.
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a filament that is heated until it glows. The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb that is either evacuated or filled with inert gas to protect the filament from oxidation. Electric current is supplied to the filament by terminals or wires embedded in the glass. A bulb socket provides mechanical support and electrical connections.
A scanning electron microscope image of the tungsten filament of an incandescent light bulb
Elaborate light in Denver, Colorado
Original carbon-filament bulb from Thomas Edison's shop in Menlo Park
Alexander Lodygin on 1951 Soviet postal stamp
