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Sir Joseph Swan (1828-1914), English physicist and chemist, 1911-1912.Artist: D Cameron-Swan
Sir Joseph Swan (1828-1914), English physicist and chemist, 1911-1912. Swan invented the incandescent electric lamp in Britain at about the same time as Thomas Edison patented it in the USA. He also invented a vacuum pump for light bulbs and several photographic processes. Later, Edison joined up with Swan to form the Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company.
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1910s
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Black & White
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Cameron-Swan
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D Cameron-Swan
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EDISON
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incandescent electric lamp
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Joseph Swan
Joseph Wilson
Joseph Wilson Swan
Lamp
lighting
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Men
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old
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Photograph
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Print Collector6
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Science
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Sir Joseph Wilson
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan
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Swan
The Print Collector
Thomas Alva
THOMAS EDISON
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WILLIAM
William Gamble