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Show MONEY SPENT TO IMPROVE LIGHT BULB Research and development in conneotion with the electric light bulb and the processes for manufacturing manu-facturing it cost General Eectric iCo. $27 million, according to testimony tes-timony in Washingon. Charts exhibited in connection wtth the testimony showed that the company's lamp research department de-partment staffed by 500 scientists and technicians with a budget of $1,500,000 to $2 million a year. Graphs showed a continual rise in the efficiency of incandescent lamps and a steady drop in their cost to the consumer as a result of the vast sum spent in, research and development. |