 The hand-blown, carbon-filament common light bulb was invented by Adolphe Chaillet, a french engineer who filed a patent for this technology.It was manufactured in Shelby, Ohio, by the Shelby Electric Company in the late 1890s; many just like it still exist and can be found functioning.According to Zylpha Bernal Beck, the bulb was donated to the Fire Department by her father, Dennis Bernal, in 1901.