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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and chemist, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan. In 2001, the school was awarded Specialist Technology College status. In April 2019, Joseph Swan Academy was taken...
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sandstone in Victorian architectural style, it was the home of Sir Joseph Wilson Swan from 1869–1883, and is the first domestic property in the world to...
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Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. R.C. Chirnside. Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS – The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne...
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Elaine Loretta Sharpe in Harare. He is the great-great-grandson of Sir Joseph Wilson Swan. He attended junior and senior school in both Zimbabwe and South Africa...
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photographs, was later used by numerous figures such as Josef Albert, Joseph Wilson Swan, Paul Pretsch and Charles Nègre to develop subsequent photographic...
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(1831–1881), bicycle pioneer George Stephenson (1781–1848), engineer Joseph Wilson Swan (1823–1914), inventor of the light bulb Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875)...
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December 1881 "Sir Joseph Wilson Swan". home.frognet.net. Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2010-10-16. "Sir Joseph Swan, The Literary &...
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common starting material. For their first workable electric lamps, Joseph Wilson Swan and Thomas Edison used carbon filaments made by pyrolysis of cotton...
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628. "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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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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paper support sheet, was introduced by British physicist and chemist Joseph Swan in 1864. Marketing began in 1866. Initially, his ready-made tissues were...
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(1763–1833) Harriet Martineau (1802–1876) Robert Stephenson (1803–1859) Joseph Wilson Swan (1828–1914) Neil Tennant (b. 1950) Elizabeth and Robert Spence Watson...
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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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safer to stop. 1878 Demonstration of an incandescent light bulb by Joseph Wilson Swan. 1883 The Fresno scraper, which became a model for modern earth movers...
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Enfield Campus began with the history of electric light. In 1901, Joseph Wilson Swan bought a house in Ponders End High Street that became the Ediswan...
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Kells Lane, is a Grade II* listed building. It was the home of Sir Joseph Wilson Swan between 1869 and 1883 and was the site of many pioneering experiments...
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Perry (dates not known). 1878: Incandescent light bulb invented by Joseph Wilson Swan (1828–1914). 1884: Light switch invented by John Henry Holmes (dates...
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Northumberland, 9.3 miles (15.0 km) west of Newcastle upon Tyne. Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was a British physicist and chemist...
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friction match. Charles Algernon Parsons: Invented the steam turbine. Joseph Wilson Swan: Invented the incandescent light bulb. Lewis Fry Richardson: Inventor...
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award 1900 – Louis Ducos du Hauron 1901 – Richard Leach Maddox 1902 – Joseph Wilson Swan 1903 – Frederic Eugene Ives 1904 – Not awarded 1905 – Dr. Paul Rudolph...
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Hopkinson FRS (2nd term) 1897 Sir Henry Christopher Mance CIE 1898 Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS 1899 Silvanus Phillips Thompson FRS 1900 John Perry FRS 1901 William...
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invested in a new carbon print method developed by English chemist Joseph Wilson Swan. In 1867, Braun used the new carbon method to create a series of large-format...
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The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest...
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ISBN 9780262019033. p. 183. Accessed September 2013. C. N. Brown (2011). Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson (1828–1914). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University...
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Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales 19 December 1904 Joseph Wilson Swan, FRS, DSc 19 December 1904 Aston Webb, RA 19 December 1904 George...
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industrialist and co-founder of Clarke Chapman, William Clarke and Sir Joseph Swan, the inventor of the incandescent light bulb whose house in Low Fell...
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Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854–1934) Frederick John Smith (1848–1911) Joseph Wilson Swan (1828–1914) Victor Herbert Veley (1856–1933) Henri Ernest Baillon...
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1923 – 3 December 1994 Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan 1973-03-15 Joseph Wilson Swan 1894-06-07 31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914 Michael Meredith Swann, Baron...
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0GD. OS map ref (± 00010) SU 48075 87128. Didcot 2009 (2009) Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS 1828–1914 Chemist, physicist and inventor of the incandescent...
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