In July, 1859, he lit up one of the rooms of his house at Salem, Massachusetts, every evening with such lamps, using in them small pieces of platinum and iridium wire, which were made to incandesce by means of current from primary batteries.
"Edison, His Life and Inventions"
Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
The molecules incandesce, and burn like true stars with a brilliancy that is often magnificent.
"Astronomy for Amateurs"
Camille Flammarion
And then the stars, grand lighthouses of the Heavens, in their turn incandesce.
"Astronomy for Amateurs"
Camille Flammarion