Ukusungulwa kokukhanya, okungaphezu kukaNkulunkulu Uqobo Lwakhe, sikuchaza ngokuphelele uThomas Edison. Kodwa, yini eyabangela ukusungulwa okwasebenza ekukhanyiseni amadolobha emhlabeni wonke?
Kule noveli sibuzwa imibuzo eminingi ngayo ukusungulwa kwesibani sikagesi. Sekuvele kwaziwa ukuthi ukusungulwa kwasekuqaleni, okuqanjwe u-Edison ngo-1879, kwaletha udumo kulo msunguli, nakuba kwaziwa kabanzi ukuthi wayenakekela ukukuphelelisa, engakucabangi okokuqala.
El incwadi Ukukhanya ebusuku imayelana namalungelo obunikazi kanye namaqiniso angaphelele, izithakazelo kanye nentuthuko yesayensi. Unyaka we-1888 futhi iphrojekthi yesibani sokukhanyisa njengohlelo olujwayelekile lokukhanyisa e-Manhattan ibhekwa njengento engokoqobo eseduze.
U-Edison wayenobuhlakani bakhe, ngokungangabazeki. Kodwa mhlawumbe wayenakho kuyo yomibili imizwa, ubuhlakani bokudala kanye nenhlakanipho ethafeni, inhlakanipho ekwazi noma yini ukuvikela ubunikazi bayo bonke kokukodwa kokusungulwa kwekhulu leminyaka.
Futhi ngaleso sikhathi, phakathi kwentuthuko ethokozisayo njengempucuko elawula ubusuku kanye nentshisekelo yokuziqhayisa, le noveli esheshayo iyathuthuka. Imishikashika eshubile yokufuna impahla yobuhlakani phakathi kwezakhamuzi ezimangele zedolobha ezimagange ukuphakamisa izithombe zazo ezintsha.
Akungabazeki ukuthi uyacabanga futhi kuthiwani ngoNikola Tesla? Yebo, umelela enye inhlakanipho, mhlawumbe inhlakanipho encane njengomoya futhi yebo uhlakaniphe kakhulu njengomdali. Umlando ungagcina uphakamisele uTesla phezulu kwama-altare, mhlawumbe kuwubulungisa. Izifundo zakhe namuhla zinikeza amathuba angenamkhawulo mayelana nogesi wamahhala namalambu okukhanya angacimi.
Ungathola ukuthi kule noveli ... Kungani uthulisa omunye uvuna omunye? Ngoba u-Edison wathatha konke ukugqama. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi izithakazelo ezimnyama zabona endleleni ka-Edison ukuguqulwa okungaphezulu kwezomnotho kubatshalizimali abakhulu?
Kule noveli uzodabula iManhattan ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX, uzohlala nezakhamizi ezithile ezimangazwe ukubukeka kwesimanje manje ekhoneni. Kodwa uzokwazi futhi izimo ze-elite eziphethe futhi ziphethe yonke into. Lapho lapho kwanqunywa khona ukuthi kwenziwa kanjani, indlela yokukhanyisa wonke amadolobha omhlaba.
Ungathenga manje Ukukhanya ebusuku, incwadi yakamuva kaGraham Moore, lapha: