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Is there a more basic patent on a parabolic reflector with prismatic fluting?
US563836 A was granted in 1896. Edison's light bulb dates from 1879, US223898 A.
There is a key idea, namely a parabolic reflector made of glass. Rather than being silvered to reflect light, the ...