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Originally posted by rlowerr_1
Actually Edison's first successful filament was carbon made from burned sewing thread. Later he (and his team) began using filaments made from bamboo which increased the life of the bulb.
I believe that tungsten was not available during Edison's time.
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Tungsten was first discovered in 1783 so it could have been used...but it wasn't in the intial "discovery"