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    Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor. He is known as an independent early developer...
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  • Joseph Swan (1828–1914) was a British physicist and chemist. Joseph Swan may also refer to: Joseph Swan (engraver) (1796–1872), engraver and publisher...
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  • Grace College (formerly Joseph Swan School, then Joseph Swan Academy) is a mixed secondary school with academy status situated in south Gateshead, England...
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    Joseph Swan (11 November 1796 Manchester, England – 22 September 1872 Anderston, Scotland) was an engraver and publisher active in Glasgow in the early...
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    Friedel and Paul Israel list inventors of incandescent lamps prior to Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison of General Electric.: 91–93  They conclude that Edison's...
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    Edison Electric Light Company in 1878. Joseph Swan established the Swan United Electric Light Company in 1881. Swan sued Edison in the UK, claiming patent...
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    with yet another competitor, Joseph Swan, who held an 1880 British patent on a similar incandescent electric lamp, he and Swan formed a joint company called...
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  • up Swan, swan, or swanling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A swan is a bird of the genus Cygnus (true swans) or Coscoroba (coscoroba swans). Swan, swans...
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    2014. "Sir Joseph Wilson Swan". home.frognet.net. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2010. "Sir Joseph Swan, The Literary...
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    with the invention of the first successful incandescent lightbulbs by Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison. However, the light bulb took advantage of the presence...
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