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Two Swan Lamp Replicas.

Replicas of the original Swan Lamp, as demonstrated at the Lit and Phil Library in Newcastle in 1880. One has a burnt out carbon filament, but the other is in good complete condition. created at Newcastle University by Brian Smith and departmental technicians to mark the centenary of the light bulb.

Swan (Sir Joseph) Archive

  • SWAN
  • Archive Collection
  • approx 1860-1914

Sir Joseph Swan (1828-1914) was a North East physicist, chemist and inventor who is best known for his innovation in the photographic process and the invention of the incandescent light bulb. This small collection comprises of items retained by various members of the Swan family, until donated to Newcastle University in the 1960s/1970s. The collection includes personal family items such as medals and certificates, original Swan lamps and a silk dressing gown, together with items which appear to come from Sir Joseph Swan's home workshop including a number of photographic prints, presumed to date from Sir Joseph Swan's experiments with various photographic print techniques.

Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson, 1829-1914, Knight, Chemist and Electrical Inventor

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