If you could find a jeweller and had an understanding of basic electrical systems, you could probably get a rudimentary capacitor and engine going. From there, who knows what you could do. Maybe even lightbulbs.
Lightbulbs are pretty easy to make if you:
Can find a jeweler or blacksmith like you said
Can generate a ton of electricity somehow
Are okay with the lightbulb lasting no more than 1 second
If you could find a way to fill the lightbulb with a noble gas as you insert your filament, i think decent life is reasonable.
I don't even know where to get that here never mind in times of yore
You could fill it with co2 .put an animal bladder on the mouth of a clay bottle where something is fermenting like wine or beer. The yeast will produce a fair ammount of c02 and fill the bladder. Use the bladder to fill the bulb. It wont last long but it will be longer than just air
If you could find a jeweller and had an understanding of basic electrical systems, you could probably get a rudimentary capacitor and engine going. From there, who knows what you could do. Maybe even lightbulbs.
Lightbulbs are pretty easy to make if you:
If you could find a way to fill the lightbulb with a noble gas as you insert your filament, i think decent life is reasonable.
I don't even know where to get that here never mind in times of yore
You can also use a sacrificial gas that burns off before the filament. Saw it in a youtube video https://youtu.be/ThBkzEfjVl0?si=gJW8JyD8KM1Y5Ye8
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You could fill it with co2 .put an animal bladder on the mouth of a clay bottle where something is fermenting like wine or beer. The yeast will produce a fair ammount of c02 and fill the bladder. Use the bladder to fill the bulb. It wont last long but it will be longer than just air