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Street in Newcastle Upon Tyne lit by Swan incandescent electric lamps, 1883. Artist: Unknown
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Street in Newcastle Upon Tyne lit by Swan incandescent electric lamps, 1883. In January 1879 Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) demonstrated his electric lamp in Sunderland and the next month he lit the drawing-room of his house in Newcastle with his lamps. Soon a number of Newcastle streets were lit by Swan lamps. From Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1883).
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People Related
- Louis Figuier: French: Author, scientist
- Sir Joseph Wilson Swan: British: Inventor, chemist, physicist
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World Europe United Kingdom England Tyne and Wear Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne
- 54 59 17 N , 001 37 10 W
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- 0390006381
- 1-148-823
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