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THE HISTORY ABOUT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY .

General Electric dates from 1878, when the Edison Electric Light Company was formed to support the research of American inventor Thomas Edison, who received a patent two years later for the first practical incandescent lamp. Edison Electric purchased the Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Company in 1889, forming the Edison General Electric Company. GE was founded in 1892 through the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomas-Houston company, which held other important patents on electrical systems. Thomas Edison was on GE’s board of directors until 1894.

In its early years GE developed and manufactured the technology that introduced electric power to the United States on a wide scale. Early GE products included electric motors and generators, transmission equipment, light bulbs, and electric locomotives for public transportation. In 1900 the company established a research laboratory in Schenectady, New York, that earned numerous patents. GE’s earliest innovations included the tungsten filament light bulb, X-ray tubes (see X Ray), high-speed steam turbines, and the electric toaster.