1893 - Thomas Edison received two U.S. patents. The first was for a "Cut Out for Incandescent Electric Lamps" and another for a "Stop Device" (No. 491,992-3). Also No. 492,150 for "Process of Coating Conductors for Incandescent Lamps."
... that is not absorbed by the pigment molecules.
The typical overall chemical reaction of photosynthesis is:
6H2O + 6CO2 + light → C6H12O6 (glucose) + 6O2
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