Common French Words in English2024-02-14Frugality2024-02-14 Report a question What's wrong with this question? You cannot submit an empty report. Please add some details. 12345678910 Inventor of the Light Bulb Advanced English practice 10 multiple-choice questions If you log in, you will get the results via email. Category: advanced 1. In 1865, two American inventors, Thomas Edison and Hiram Maxim were competing in a race to patent a type of electric lighting. Businessmen were especially interested in .......... to make their fortunes. evocative entertainment entrepreneurship enterprise Category: advanced 2. Both men were already famous for various inventions. However, Edison was more familiar with .......... in patent law and placed a patent on every small progression. ludicrous laurel loopholes laughingstock Category: advanced 3. Hiram Maxim was not the business man as Edison was. In fact, he was more an .......... creator, patiently working until the moment of discovery. astern archetypal astatine artistic Category: advanced 4. In 1878, Maxim was hired by the U.S. Electric Lighting Company in New York to produce electric light. He had already demonstrated remarkable .......... by inventing a sprinkler system at the young age of 24. persimmon perceptiveness penchant possibility Category: advanced 5. In less than a year of research, Maxim had installed an electrical arc lighting system in the company. Edison had observed this process and decided to invent an .......... lamp. inevitable integrity incandescent inexpiable Category: advanced 6. Edison had a financial advantage over Maxim. Investors had supplied .......... money so that he was able to fund a fully staffed laboratory. sufficient segue sedative superior Category: advanced 7. Although, Maxim applied for a patent on the electric light bulb before Edison did, he ran into a .......... of obstructions. quaver quarto quash quagmire Category: advanced 8. Another employee who had worked at the Electric Lighting Company claimed that he was the actual inventor. Although, his claim was dismissed, American law had stated the patent had been .......... obtained and became the property of the U.S. government. fraudulently fortuitous feverish foreign Category: advanced 9. Edison finally created his own lamp. Drawings of his creation .......... the newspapers. destroyed displaced dominated decimated Category: advanced 10. The loss of the credit for inventing the light bulb did not slow down Maxim's .......... creative thought. By the time of his death, Hiram Maxim had acquired 122 American and 149 British patents. illegible indices intuitive innovative Your score is The average score is 0% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Restart quiz Author: Kovács Áron Share0