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die Glühbirne (-n)
   (incandescent) light bulb

Nur ungefähr fünf Prozent der Elektroenergie werden bei einer normalen Glühbirne in sichtbares Licht umgewandelt.
Only about five percent of the electrical energy in a normal light bulb is converted into visible light.
Wer hat die Glühbirne erfunden?
Who invented the light bulb?
Der österreichische Chemiker Carl Auer von Welsbach leistete einen wichtigen Beitrag zu der Erfindung der Glühbirne, indem er ein Verfahren zur Herstellung von Drähten aus Osmium (1890) und Wolfram entwickelte.
The Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach made an important contribution to the invention of the light bulb by developing a method of manufacturing wires made of osmium (in 1890) and tungsten.

Related:
die Birne pear; (light) bulb; head (slang)
glühen to glow
der Glühdraht/Glühfaden (wire) filament
die Glühlampe incandescent light bulb
der Glühwein hot mulled wine, glühwein
glühend (adj/adv) red-hot, blazing (hot), burning

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