Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson
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Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson (1828–1914). Born at Sunderland and educated in local schools, Swan was apprenticed to a local pharmacist. In his spare time he carried out electrical and other experiments. He attended lectures and read scientific books and journals at the Sunderland Athenaeum, before moving to Newcastle upon Tyne, where he became a partner in a pharmacy. A photographic business and a scientific instruments department were soon added. Swan invented an improved photographic printing technique, the ‘Carbon Process’ (1864) and the ‘Bromide Paper’ (1879), which is still in use. In December 1878 and February 1879 he demonstrated his first incandescent electric bulbs. To provide his lamp filaments, Swan invented the first synthetic fibre. Legal disputes between the Swan and Edison lighting interests were solved by creating a joint venture. Swan lived in the south of England from 1883; he received many honours, including fellowship of the Royal Society in 1894 and a knighthood in 1904.
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/27/1997; 545 words
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; ...by the creator of the hovercraft, Sir Christopher Cockerell, who died...untrue. It was the English physicist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan who first demonstrated an incandescent...seen in the persistent mocking of Sir Clive Sinclair, who is probably...
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OUR GREAT BRITONS.
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The end of light as we know it.
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The day I attend a 'Eurovision party' for kicks is the day I die; VIEW FROM THE SOFA.(Sports)
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MAIL BOX JUST ASK... If there is a question nagging you, write to me at the address above and I will try to help. But, sorry, I cannot reply personally.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 11/21/2004; 700+ words
; ...by connecting a battery to a piece of carbon which burned and glowed. In 1878, another Englishman - physicist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan - used carbon fibre to make a bulb which burned for 13 hours. His invention was trumped by Edison the following...
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CORRECTIONS
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/28/1999; 408 words
; ...Inside supplement it was stated that Edison invented the light bulb ("Past masters", 21 November). In fact, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan developed a primitive light bulb in 1860, 20 years before Edison's.
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LIGHTS GO OUT FOR 100W BULB; Shops to stop selling them.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 1/7/2009; 431 words
; ...reduce carbon emissions by around five million tonnes a year. The humble incandescent bulb - invented by Englishman Sir Joseph Wilson Swan in 1878, but patented a year later by American Thomas Edison - has become a way of life. Medical charities claim...
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Iron men who made Teesside.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England); 6/6/2003; 624 words
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Sir Joseph Wilson Swan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan 1828-1914, English chemist and physicist. He made an incandescent...carbon printing, introduced the dry plate, and invented bromide paper. Swan also experimented with the production of man-made fibers. He was knighted...
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Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson (1828–1914). Born at Sunderland and educated in local schools, Swan was apprenticed to a local pharmacist...instruments department were soon added. Swan invented an improved photographic printing...
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SIC 2823 Cellulosic Manmade Fibers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...of fiber content. The first patent related to the manufacture of cellulose fibers was granted in 1855. In 1883 Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, a British scientist, created the first nonfla-mmable cellulose fiber. Commercially viable rayon fibers were...
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